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.
Read MoreMohammad Rizwan scored 171* off 239 balls and in-form Saud Shakeel added 141 runs to help Pakistan post a big total of 448/6 in 113 overs. Shoriful Islam and Hasan Mahmud picked two wickets each for Bangladesh while Nahid Rana went wicketless.
Pakistan have named their 17-member squad for a two-match Test series against Bangladesh starting August 21 in Rawalpindi. Shan Masood, who led the side in the 3-0 series defeat to Australia will continue to be the captain but Pakistan have made a few changes in the side since then.
Pakistan are going to host Bangladesh for a two-match Test series which is a part of the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. The first Test will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
James Anderson called time on his international playing career with a total of 991 wickets across the three formats of the game. The right-arm swing bowler has claimed the most wickets by a pacer in the red-ball format.
After failing to find form throughout the tournament, the star batter Virat Kohli smashed a brilliant fifty against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final to boost India's total and also bagged a couple of big T20I records.
Team India qualified for their third final in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup after the Men in Blue beat England avenging the defeat of the 2022 semi-final to make it through to the summit clash. The win was 49th for India under Rohit Sharma as captain, the most in men's T20Is for a skipper.
Rohit, Kohli and Babar have been fighting it out in the T20 World Cup to become the top run-scorer in the shortest format. But with Pakistan out of the tournament, India's openers have a great chance to trump Babar with at least three matches to play in Super 8.
Pakistan's batting order suffered yet another collapse while chasing just 107 runs to win in 20 overs. Babar Azam (32* off 34 deliveries) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (13* off five balls) took their side over the line in a tense finish.
Babar Azam played a captain's knock to take his team over the line against Ireland in their last group-stage fixture of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The Pakistan captain played an unbeaten 32-run knock off 34 deliveries with the help of two boundaries.
Babar Azam scored 32 runs as he helped Pakistan reach home in their T20 World Cup 2024's last match against Ireland. During his knock, he shattered MS Dhoni's record
The star Australian batter Travis Head has scored 80 runs in three innings at an impressive strike rate of 177.77 in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and entered the top ten of the ICC Men's T20I Batting rankings for the first time in his career.
Pakistan face Canada in a must-win clash in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in New York on Tuesday, June 11. Pakistan have lost both their matches in the tournament so far, against the USA and India and one more loss would knock them out of the competition.
IND vs PAK: Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf picked three wickets each and Mohammad Amir bagged two to help Pakistan bowl out India to just 119 total while bowling first at New York's Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.
IND vs PAK Playing XIs: Captain Babar Azam won the crucial toss as Pakistan elected to bowl first in the mega T20 World Cup 2024 encounter against India at New York's Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
IND vs PAK: The Indian cricket team started their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign with a dominant win against Ireland while Pakistan suffered a shock Super Over loss against the United States in their first match. Both teams will target two crucial points in the upcoming fixture in New York on Sunday.
The Pakistan captain was batting at nine off 23 balls after the team lost Mohammad Rizwan, Usman Khan and Fakhar Zaman in quick succession. Babar was unable to even rotate the strike and it created a lot of pressure on his fellow batters.
Captain Babar Azam top-scored with 44 runs off 43 balls to help Pakistan post a challenging total of 159 against the United States at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas in the 11th match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.
Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam struggled for quick runs against the United States in their first T20 World Cup 2024 match in Dallas but entered the history books with a huge T20I record after scoring 16 runs.
USA vs PAK Match 11: Babar Azam's Pakistan will begin their ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign against the charged-up United States of America at Dallas' Grand Prairie Stadium today. The USA thrashed Canada in the opening game and are playing Pakistan for the first time in T20Is.
South Africa are set to face Sri Lanka in their T20 World Cup opener on June 3 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Quinton de Kock didn't have a great Indian Premier League (IPL) season this time around but will look to do well in the mega event.
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