Babar Azam, one of the star batsmen of Pakistan cricket team, has fallen behind two great players of the Indian cricket team these days. Babar Azam was after Virat Kohli till some time back. However, now he has left Virat Kohli behind and has stopped chasing him. But now he is targeting Rohit Sharma. So let’s know why Babar is chasing these two great players.
Babar Azam is chasing Virat-Rohit
One of the best batsmen in modern day cricket and the former legendary captain of the Pakistan cricket
Babar Azam has had to face a lot of trolling in the last few years due to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Babar was also a flop in Asia Cup 2023, World Cup 2023 and T20 World Cup 2024. But during this time Rohit and Virat’s bat was spitting fire. However, now Babar is taking revenge for all those old accounts.
Azam is currently trying to leave both these legendary players behind in terms of scoring the most runs in T20 international cricket. Babar has even left Virat Kohli behind and now he is going to leave Rohit Sharma behind.
Babar is going to leave Rohit Sharma behind
Let us tell you that former T20 captain of the Indian cricket team Rohit Sharma has set a record of scoring a total of 4231 runs in T20 international cricket and he is currently the highest run-scorer in T20 international cricket. But Babar Azam can overtake him very soon. Babar is currently at 4192 runs and he will overtake Rohit Sharma as soon as he scores just 40 runs. It is known that Virat has scored a total of 4188 runs in T20 international cricket and he has now reached the third position.
T20 international career of Babar Azam
30-year-old Babar Azam has played a total of 126 T20 International matches so far. During this, he has scored 4192 runs in 119 innings at an average of 40.30. His strike rate in T20 International cricket is 129.22. During this, he has scored three centuries as well as 36 half-centuries. In such a situation, now it remains to be seen when he will break Rohit’s record.
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