Karachi. Babar Azam is counted among the world’s greatest batsmen. He is currently at the top of both the ICC ODI and T20 rankings. Recently, under his captaincy, Pakistan made a 3-0 clean sweep in the ODI series against the West Indies. During this, Babar also made a world record. He has become the first player to score 3 consecutive centuries in ODIs. The next 2 years are going to be important for him. T20 World Cup is to be held in Australia in October-November this year. Then next year the ODI World Cup is to be played in India. An interesting clash can be seen between India and Pakistan in both the tournaments.
Babar Azam, while sharing the photo of the cap received by the ICC, wrote – Hard work pays off. Last year, Babar got a place in both the T20 and ODI teams of the ICC. He shared the same cap. Last year, under Babar’s captaincy, Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets in the T20 World Cup. For the first time in the history of the World Cup, Pakistan’s team was successful in defeating Team India. On Babar’s talk, many fans wrote that you are the King of Cricket.
Ahead of Kohli in all three rankings
Babar Azam is at number three in the Test rankings with 815 points. At the same time, former India captain Virat Kohli is in 10th place with 742 points. Babar is at the top of the ODI rankings with 892 points. Kohli is at third place with 811 points. Talking about T20, here the Pakistan captain is far ahead of Kohli. Babar has 818 points and is at number-1. Kohli, on the other hand, is not even in the top-20. With 594 points, he has slipped to number 21.
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With the T20 series against India and South Africa, Kohli had a chance to move up the rankings. But senior players have been rested for this series by the BCCI. Players were busy in IPL for more than 2 months. Team India is leaving for England on 16 June. He has to play Test there from July 1. After this, 3 ODIs and 3 T20 matches are also to be held between the two countries.
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June 15, 2022, 18:37 IST