Key Takeaways:

• Babar Azam is one of Pakistan's greatest modern-day batters, with over 14,000 international runs across formats.

• His top five innings include match-saving and match-winning performances in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is.

• Notable innings: 196 vs Australia (2022), 161 vs New Zealand (2022), 123 vs West Indies (2016), 101* vs New Zealand (2019), and 122 vs South Africa (2021).

Babar Azam is currently one of the best batters in the Pakistan team. He has been around the international cricket space for almost a decade. He has played so well that the Fab 4 in cricket has become the Fab 5. Babar Azam has played 59 Test Matches so far. He has made 4235 runs at an average of 42.8. He has hit 9 hundreds in Test Cricket so far. Babar Azam has played 123 ODIs for Pakistan and he has scored 5957 runs at a very good average of 56.7. He has hit 19 Hundreds in ODI Cricket. He has also played 128 T20Is and has made 4223 runs at an average of 39.8. He has 3 hundreds in T20I Cricket. Therefore Babar Azam has made more than 14,000 runs in international cricket and he can reach 20,000+ international runs.

What are Babar Azam’s best innings?

Babar Azam's best innings include his 196-run marathon against Australia in 2022, a resilient 161 against New Zealand in 2022, a match-winning 101* against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup, and a blistering 122 in T20Is against South Africa in 2021.

Top 5 Best Innings of Babar Azam

1) 196 vs Australia (2022)

This is the highest score in the career of Babar Azam so far. This was an unbelievable innings as it saved the test match for Pakistan. This was in the fourth Innings. He made a sensational 196 runs from 425 balls. He hit 21 fours and 1 six in this innings meaning 90 runs in boundaries. He has a strike rate of 46.12 in this match saving knock. Pakistan needed 506 to win and they made 443 runs in 171 overs. Mohammad Rizwan also made a brilliant hundred.

2) 161 vs New Zealand (2022)

This is the second score of more than 150 for Babar Azam in Test Cricket. This was against New Zealand. This innings was in the first innings of this test match. Babar Azam took 280 balls to hit 161 runs in this innings. He hit 15 fours and 1 six in this innings meaning 66 runs in boundaries. He had a good strike rate of 57.50 in this innings even though he ran for 95 of his runs. Babar Azam stamped his class in this match. He took on Tim Southee and Neil Wagner. This match was a draw

3) 123 vs West Indies (2016)

This is one of his best ODI innings so far. Babar Azam is a run scoring machine in white ball Cricket just like Virat Kohli. He made this hundred against West Indies while batting first in this match. He took 126 balls to hit this 123 and he was striking at 97.62 in this innings. He hit 9 fours and 1 six in this innings meaning 42 runs were made in boundaries. Babar Azam ran for 71 of his runs in this match. Pakistan made 337 in 50 overs and they won the match by 59 runs.

4) 101* vs New Zealand (2019)

This was the hundred in the 2019 World Cup. This is one of the most memorable innings of Babar Azam in ODI Cricket because it came in a very important match. In this match, New Zealand made 237 runs in the first innings in 50 overs. And while chasing it was Babar Azam who took the responsibility to win it for Pakistan. He made a match winning unbeaten 101 runs in 126 balls. He hit 11 fours in this innings. He hit 44 runs in boundaries and ran for 57 runs. He had a strike rate of 80.16 and Pakistan won the match by 6 Wickets

5) 122 vs South Africa (2021)

This is the best batting performance of Babar Azam in the T20I format. In this match, South Africa made 203 in 20 overs. While chasing, Babar Azam single handedly won the match. He smashed 122 runs in just 59 balls. He hit 15 fours and 4 sixes in this amazing innings meaning 84 runs were made in boundaries. He had a great strike of 206.78 in this knock. Pakistan won this match by 9 wickets and with 12 balls remaining in the match.

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