Babar Azam Personal Information
Full Name | Mohammad Babar Azam |
Father’s Name | Azam Siddique |
Born | On October 15, 1994 in Walled City, Lahore |
Nickname | Bobby |
Height | 5 ft 11 inch (180 cm) |
Batting | Right-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm off break |
Role | Top-order batter |
Academic Qualification | 8th Class |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Siblings | Safeer Azam, Faisal Azam & Faariya Azam |
Relations
| Kamran Akmal (Cousin), Umar Akmal (Cousin) & Adnan Akmal (Cousin) |
Babar Azam Batting Records
Test
He made his Test debut against West Indies on October 13-17, 2016 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. In his first Test, he scored 90 runs in both innings.
Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s |
| 42 | 75 | 3,122 | 196 | 47.30 | 53.55 | 7 | 23 |
One Day Internationals (ODIs)
He made his debut in ODIs against Zimbabwe at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on May 31, 2015, and smashed 54 runs.
Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s |
| 92 | 90 | 4,664 | 158 | 59.79 | 89.74 | 17 | 22 |
T20 Internationals (T20Is)
He made his debut in T20Is against England at Old Trafford in Manchester on September 07, 2016 and scored unbeaten 15 runs off 11 balls.
Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s |
| 99 | 94 | 3,355 | 122 | 41.41 | 127.80 | 2 | 30 |
ICC Batting Ratings
Format | Latest Ranking | Latest Rating | Highest Ranking | Highest Rating |
| Test | 3rd | 879 | 3rd (July 19, 2022) | 879 (July 27, 2022) |
| ODI | 1st | 890 | 1st (April 1, 2021) | 898 (June 9, 2022) |
| T20I | 4th | 762 | 1st (January 27, 2018) | 896 (May 4, 2019) |
He is the only batsman in the world who is currently in the top-5 of the ICC Batting Rankings in all formats.
Babar Azam Awards:
2017
- Named in the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year 2017
- PCB’s Best ODI Player of the Year 2017
2018
PCB’s Best T20 Player of the Year 2017
2019
- Named in the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year 2019
2020
- 2020 Pakistan Super League (PSL) Player of the Tournament
- ARY News Person of the Year 2020
2021
- Named in the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2021
- Named as Captain of the ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year 2021
- Named as Captain of the ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year 2021
- Named as Captain of the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament
- Winner of ICC Player of the Month for April 2021
- PCB’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2021
