Born in Lahore Babar Azam is the first cousin of Akmal brothers. He is considered as the next big thing in or Pakistan cricket because of discipline and control temperament. He is the fastest to score 1000 runs in T20I cricket that show how good he is for the shorter format of the game. After scoring runs in domestic cricket Babar got the national team call-up in 2015 against Zimbabwe but his career got new heights when he scores back to back three centuries against West Indies in ODI series which led to his Test cricket debut. He is often compared to Indian `Run Machine` Virat Kohli but Babar regards him as a senior cricketer always.
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But it was three rapid strikes by his fellow pace bowler Kagiso Rabada that turned the second day on its head in the final session.
Azam and Hafeez propelled Pakistan to its highest total of the series with a clinical 94-run second wicket stand off 64 balls.
Pakistan won the first T20 on the last ball and will be eyeing its second successive clean sweep in T20 series in the last match on Sunday.
Under Ahmed's leadership, Pakistan have won 10 consecutive Twenty20 series beginning with the 1-0 win over England in 2016.
Wasim dismantled Australia's top order with his left-arm spin in his first three overs to dismiss the visitors for 89 in 16.5 overs.
Azam fell for a career-best 99 and captain Sarfraz Ahmed added 81 before he declared their second innings over at 400-9 for an overall lead of 537 runs.
Australian opener Aaron Finch became the first player in the history of T20Is to break the 900-point mark as he moved up three places to finish as the top-ranked batsman.
A fitness test will be commencing on June 23 in Lahore and the team would be leaving for Harare on the June 28.
The left-handed Sohail has been roped in on the recommendation of skipper Sarfraz Ahmed and head coach Mickey Arthur for the two T20Is against Scotland.
Babar was struck by a rising delivery from Ben Stokes after tea on Day 2 on Friday and was forced to retire hurt on 68.
Babar Azam was the top scorer with 68 before retiring hurt, while Azhar Ali (50), Asad Shafiq (59) and Shadab Khan (52) also made half-centuries on a day when England dropped five catches.
Pakistan rode on Babar Azam's (51) second successive half-century and Fakhar Zaman's 40 off 17 balls to reach 154/2 in 16.5 overs.
Mohammad Amir claimed three wickets to guide Pakistan to an 82-run win over West Indies in the second Twenty20 International in Karachi.
Representing the Red team, Shoaib Malik, 35, struck six consecutive sixes in the seventh over by Babar Azam.
Last year, Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur had compared Azam with Kohli, saying the 22-year-old is an exceptional player and could perform as good as the Indian swashbuckling batsman.
Babar Azam scored 101 off 133 balls a day after celebrating his 23rd birthday, while Shadab dug in to score 52 not out to lift Pakistan's total to 219-9.
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