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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Former Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram expressed his displeasure at the public meeting of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam after the Men in Green suffered a brutal 7-wicket loss in the World Cup 2023 match against India. Akram said that Babar could have gotten Kohli's shirts privately too.
Team India vice-captain Hardik Pandya was critical of Pakistan batters, captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan's approach in the middle overs, saying that they were timid and that allowed them to stay in the game. India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets in the World Cup 2023 match in Ahmedabad.
India TV Sports Wrap on October 15: India beat Pakistan in their third game of the ICC Cricket World Cup by 7 wickets, rather comprehensively. India are now 8-0 ahead on head-to-head in the World Cup. Here are the top 10 trending news stories from the sporting world on Sunday, October 15.
Team India continued its dominance over Pakistan in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup history as the scoreline is now 8-0 in the Men in Blue's favour. After the match, Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli was seen gifting his signed jersey to Pakistan captain Babar Azam while being involved in a chat.
Babar Azam scored his maiden ODI fifty against India and scorched crucial 82 runs for the third wicket with in-form Mohammad Rizwan during the ICC World Cup 2023 game at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.
IND vs PAK Highlights, World Cup 2023: India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in the 12th match of World Cup 2023. Rohit Sharma and bowlers starred for India in this encounter as the men in blue registered their 8th consecutive win against Pakistan in World Cup.
"I believe there is no point focusing on whatever has happened in the past. I believe we need to focus on what is ahead of us. All these streaks are made to be broken. We will try to give our best tomorrow. Anything can happen on the day. I fully believe my team has done well," Babar said.
There are a lot of changes compared to the last week in the latest ICC rankings with World Cup 2023 in progress at the moment. Rohit Sharma is dropped out of top 10 after a failure in the game against Australia. However, Kohli and Rahul have gained points after their match-winning knocks.
Babar Azam is under the pump after two consecutive failures with bat in hand in the ongoing ICC World Cup and it might have a detrimental effect on his captaincy too in the upcoming games. His form is slowly becoming a matter of grave concern for the Pakistan team management.
Babar Azam-led Pakistan somehow crawled to 286 as they were reduced 188/6 at one stage. Bas de Leede of the Netherlands shined with the ball picking up four wickets for 62 runs. Pakistan are being massively trolled after Babar Azam and Shadab Khan stated that the pitches in India are flat.
Rohit Sharma was flabbergasted by a reporter's question during the World Cup captains' meet in Ahmedabad. The question was so bizarre that even Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain who understands Hindustani language couldn't stop himself from laughing at Rohit's response.
Pakistan cricket team landed on Wednesday, September 27, in India for the first time in 7 years ahead of World Cup 2023. Pakistan will begin their campaign with two warm-up matches in Hyderabad on September 29 and October 3 and followed by the first two World Cup matches at the same venue.
“It is by far a historic deal. I am extremely happy and satisfied that we have reached an agreement with the PCB," Babar Azam revealed after new deals announced by PCB on Wednesday.
Indian opener Shubman Gill topped the scoring chart in Asia Cup 2023 with 302 runs and then scored 178 runs in just two ODI matches against Australia in the ongoing series. In bowling, in-form pacer Mohammed Siraj dominates the chart ahead of Josh Hazlewood.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam defended the squad selection when he was questioned about his spinners in the pre-departure press conference for the ICC Cricket World Cup. Pakistan will begin their campaign with a warm-up match on Friday, September 29.
“I can bowl a maiden over to Babar Azam in T20 cricket even today, he cannot hit the ball if you bowl good deliveries to him,” Mohammad Asif added.
The Pakistan cricket team has cancelled its team bonding activity that was scheduled to take place in Dubai before flying to Hyderabad (India) for their first World Cup warm-up fixture. The Babar Azam-led side will play both their warm-up matches in Hyderabad.
An untimely and unfortunate shoulder injury has ruled Naseem Shah out of the upcoming World Cup. Pakistan have called in Hasan Ali to bolster their pace attack in pace attack. Naseem took to social media to share a heartfelt post.
PCB chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq announced the 15-member squad and three traveling reserves for the mega event in India. He also confirmed that Naseem Shah has been ruled out of World Cup.
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