Former West Indies pacer Ian Diocesan feels Babar Azam is “when driving to achievement” in white-ball cricket and has “virtually overtaken” Virat Kohli as an ODI batter.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has achieved unmatched success and is already counted as one of the best batters of the modern period. The 27-year-old has played an essential function in the current surge of Pakistan cricket, particularly in white-ball cricket. Babar, who is additionally the top-ranked batter in ODIs and also T20Is, has grown leaps and also bounds because making his debut in 2015. Former West Indies cricketer Ian Diocesan feels that Babar with his existing type, has “nearly overtaken” previous India captain Virat Kohli as the utmost batter in the 50-over format.

“Babar Azam is on the road to greatness. I want to be clear when I say ‘when driving to …’, in the white-ball cricket a minimum of, and also absolutely in fifty overs. I do not utilize the term ‘terrific’ freely. It has to be a larger sample dimension to bestow success on a player, however his standard, as we talk currently, (is) on the cusp on 60 with 17 ODI hundreds. He has almost overtaken his next-door neighbor, the excellent Virat Kohli, in terms of the supreme uber 50-over batter,” Bishop claimed throughout a communication on cricwick.net.

Diocesan, nonetheless, stated that Babar’s need to improve his video game in red-ball cricket, stating that his batting in Examination cricket is a “operate in progress”.

“His Test cricket is a work in progress. I marvel he hasn’t taken to Check cricket numbers a great deal earlier. He’s starting to get better at it. Technically, he’s outstanding. In future, I’m wishing he will be mentioned in the exact same breath in Test cricket as the leading 3-4 gamers,” he claimed.

Thus far, Babar has actually scored 4,442 runs in 89 ODIs, averaging 59.22. He has actually additionally racked up 17 centuries as well as 19 fifties in the 50-over style.

At the same time, Kohli has actually currently engraved his name as an all-time wonderful.

The celebrity batter has racked up 12,311 runs in 260 ODIs at approximately 58.03. The 33-year-old has actually also signed up 43 heaps and 64 fifties in ODIs.

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Last Updated: 16 June 2022