Everyone busy in IPL and Babar Azam did big game, only 2 days and 335 captains of the world
Babar Azam is not only counted among the best batsmen in the world, but he is also one of the best captains in the world. Right now Pakistan team is playing 5 match T20 series with New Zealand. Although the Kiwi team is behind 1-2 in the 5-match series. In such a situation, the visiting team will have to win the last two T20 matches to win the series. The fourth match of the series will be played in Rawalpindi on Thursday, 20 April. After this, a 5-match ODI series is to be played between the two countries.
If the Pakistan team under the leadership of Babar Azam wins the fourth T20 match, then a new world record will be created. With this, Babar will become the most match winning player as captain in T20 International. Babar Bazam has so far captained in 69 T20 International matches. He has won in 42, while lost in 22. There is no result of 5 matches. Former Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan and former England captain Eoin Morgan have also won 42-42 matches.
Talking about T20 International, so far 336 players of the world have captained at least one match. That is, Babar has a chance to overtake 335 captains. Former Indian captain MS Dhoni has won 41 T20 Internationals as captain. In this way, Babar has already left behind Azam Dhoni. IPL 2023 matches are currently being played in India and Dhoni is leading the 4-time champion team Chennai Super Kings.
Host Pakistan had made a good start in the series and the team had won both the opening matches. But in the third match played in Lahore on 17 April, he got defeated by 4 runs. Babar Azam is not going to reach the top only in terms of victory as a captain. He has already cemented his place in the top as a batsman. No one has been able to score more centuries than him as captain. Babar has scored maximum 3 centuries in T20 International as captain. India’s Rohit Sharma and Switzerland’s Faheem Nazir have scored 2-2 centuries.
He is going to reach number-1 soon in terms of most runs as a captain. Currently this record is in the name of former Australia captain Aaron Finch. Aaron Finch has scored 2236 runs at an average of 32 in 76 matches of T20 International as captain. Has scored a century and 14 half-centuries. On the other hand, Babar Azam has scored 2176 runs in 69 matches at an average of 38. Apart from 3 centuries, he has also scored 20 half-centuries. Kane Williamson of New Zealand has also scored 2042 runs in 69 matches as captain. No other captain has been able to reach the figure of 2000 runs.
If Babar scores 61 more runs in the remaining 2 matches, then he will leave behind Finch’s record in this series. Look at 28-year-old Babar Azam’s T20 International record, so far he has scored 3466 runs in 102 matches at an average of 42. That is, they are only 34 runs away from 3500 runs. He has scored around 3700 runs in 47 Tests with the help of 9 centuries and 26 half-centuries and has scored more than 4800 runs in 95 ODIs with the help of 17 centuries and 24 half-centuries.
