Babar Azam was conceived on 15 October 1994 at Lahore in Punjab. He is a right-gave batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He plays as an initial batsman in his group, which is his essential job.
- Year Age Achievement
- 2010 16 Made First Class Debut for Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
- 2012 18 Appointed as the chief of the Pakistan Team in U19 World Cup
- 2015 21 Made his One Day International introduction against Zimbabwe
- 2016 22 Made Test debut in a Day/Night Test coordinate
- 2017 23 Reached 1000 ODI runs in 21 innings
- 2017 23 Became PCB ODI Player of the Year
- 2018 24 Suffered a cracked upper arm and needed to take a break from cricket
- 2019 25 Appointed as the T20I Captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team
Records
- Babar Azam has had a tremendous effect in cricket by his presentation and is a holder of a few records at present, for example,
- He is the second-quickest Pakistani batsman to arrive at 1000 runs in ODI cricket (21 innings).
- He is additionally the quickest Pakistani batsman to arrive at 2000 runs in ODI cricket (45 innings). He holds the record mutually with Zaheer Abbas and Kevin Pietersen.
- Babar Azam is likewise the quickest Asian batsman to arrive at 3000 runs in ODI cricket (68 innings).
- He additionally holds the record to score the most runs in the initial 25 innings of his vocation (1306 runs).
- Babar Azam is the main cricketer to score 5 sequential hundreds of years in a solitary nation (United Arab Emirates).
- Babar is the quickest batsman to score 7 ODI hundreds of years (33 innings).
- He is additionally the quickest batsman to arrive at 1000 runs in T20 Internationals (26 innings).
- Babar Azam has likewise scored the most runs for Pakistan in a solitary World Cup (474 runs in 2019 World Cup).
- He has been the top ODI scorer for Pakistan in 2016, 2017 and 2019.
- Babar Azam has likewise been the top Test scorer for Pakistan in 2018 and 2019.
Grants and Accolades
Babar Azam has been an unprecedented part in the ongoing past most definitely. He was designated in the ICC World XI of 2017 and has likewise been the PCB Player of the Year twice in succession. In 2017, Babar was presented the honor by PCB for his exhibition in One Day internationals while, in 2018, he got similar honor for his splendid presentation in T20 Internationals.
Profession
Babar Azam has had a splendid vocation and has played for various groups both through Pakistan. He began playing proficient cricket at a youthful age of 13 since his school days.
Residential Career
Babar Azam began playing for Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited in 2010, which was the start of his top of the line vocation. He made his First-Class debut on 10 December 2010 against National Bank Limited in the 2010 Qaid e Azam Trophy. He scored 54 runs off 114 balls however the match finished in a draw.
He scored 50 years in his List A presentation at Multan in the Royal Bank of Scotland Cup which demonstrated out to be indispensable for the triumph of his group. In any case, he played his first T20 coordinate for Lahore Eagles against Hyderabad Hawks in the Faysal Bank T20 Cup at Lahore on 1 December 2012.
ODI Career
Babar made his universal presentation in the One Day International configuration of cricket against a generally more vulnerable crew of Zimbabwe on 31 May 2015 at Lahore. He scored 54 sudden spikes in demand for his introduction yet the match finished in a no outcome. In any case, he kept up his consistency in the matches and proceeded to get one of the most dependable batsmen for the Pakistan cricket crew in restricted overs cricket.
In only 21 innings, he had crossed the 1000 run mark and proceeded to turn into the quickest Pakistani batsman to cross the 2000 and 3000 run marks. In his first universal competition, for example, the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, he scored 46 runs which helped Pakistan to lift up the trophy.
Test Career
Babar Azam made his Test debut against West Indies in Dubai on 13 October 2016. He scored 69 runs in the primary innings and 21 runs in the second innings as his group developed triumphant by 56 runs. With this presentation, he got one of only a handful of scarcely any players to have made their introduction in a Day/Night Test coordinate.
He has been an extraordinary entertainer in the ongoing past and has scored 397 runs in the last 5 innings. He has been the most noteworthy scorer for Pakistan in the longest configuration of the game in 2019. Of his 4 Test hundreds of years, 3 of them have come in 2019 at urgent stages in the separate matches.
T20I Career
With some exceptional aptitudes with the bat in One Day Internationals, he was allowed to play in the main T20I coordinate against England on 7 September 2016. Babar scored an unbeaten 15 runs in the match and Pakistan dominated the game by 9 wickets, attributable to the little objective.
Notwithstanding, Babar ended up being a steady player with the bat in the briefest arrangement of the game and proceeded to score consecutive runs. Up until this point, he has 12 half-hundreds of years to his name with a top score of 97 runs, and his batting normal is over 50, making him a standout amongst other T20I batsmen in the World.
Club Career
Babar Azam has played for different cricket clubs in establishment competitions. He plays for Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League and Somerset in the English County Cricket. Before, he has played for Sylhet Sixers and Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League.
He has likewise played for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League and for Islamabad United in the 2016 Pakistan Super League.
Captaincy
Babar Azam has as of late assumed control over the captaincy of the Pakistani T20I group and has driven the group in one match which had negative outcomes. Notwithstanding, he has driven the U19 group in 21 matches and has won 13 of them. He has likewise driven his host group of Central Punjab in the National T20 Championship on two events — 2018 and 2019 season.
Family
Babar Azam is the child of Azam Siddique. He originates from a group of cricketers and is a cousin of Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal and Adnan Akmal. He has a sibling named Safeer Azam.