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Babar Azam

A right-handed top-order batter from Lahore and one of the finest batters of his generation. Babar has more than 15,000 international runs across the three formats, has led Pakistan in all of them, and is the current Test captain. He sits 6th in the ICC ODI batting rankings (15 September 2026).

CAREER STATISTICS

International career in numbers

Format	Matches	Runs	Average	100s / 50s	Best
Test	66	4,771	42.98	9 / 34	196
ODI	143	6,626	53.43	20 / 38	158
T20I	145	4,596	38.94	3 / 39	122

Figures from ESPNcricinfo (via Wikipedia), September 2026.

RECORDS & HIGHLIGHTS

Career highlights

Fastest batter in history to 5,000 ODI runs (97 innings).
First batter to score five consecutive ODI centuries in one country (UAE, 2016–17).
Fastest to 1,000 T20I runs (26 innings), and Pakistan’s leading T20I run-scorer.
His 122 v South Africa is the highest T20I score by a Pakistani.
Only captain to take Pakistan to No. 1 in the ICC ODI team rankings (2023).
Member of the 2017 Champions Trophy-winning squad; led Pakistan to the 2022 T20 World Cup final.

PROFILE

Player profile

Born: 15 October 1994, Lahore
Batting: Right-handed
Bowling: Right-arm off break (occasional)
International debut: ODI v Zimbabwe, Lahore, 31 May 2015 (54 on debut)
Test debut: v West Indies, Dubai, October 2016
Teams: Peshawar Zalmi (PSL); OGDCL in domestic cricket