Worldwide cricket fans must have marked their calendars with the T20 World Cup. The competition gets started on October 18 with matches taking place in UAE and Oman. There are several matches in line, the clash between India and Pakistan on the October 24th. The clash between these two countries has to be most waited match for both countries cricket fans.
India and Pakistan have only been fighting in multi-team tournaments due to the political tensions between both the nations. The competition between both the countries is still like old times and it would be exciting to see how the match ends.
India had a great record against Pakistan in World Cup. Indian men’s have defeated their competition seven times in 50-over World cups and five times in World T20.
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Virat Kohli stats vs Babar Azam stats:
Virat Kohli and Babar Azam both are world-class batsman. They both are classy, consistent and technical. Virat and Babar rose to fame when they displayed us with the next level entertainment, what we were missing in cricket a very long time.
Both the batsman has broken many World’s cricket records. They proved themselves as future legends in cricket at very early age.
Virat Kohli’s stats
Virat Kohli is No.2 ranked ODI batsman. Kohli is one of the consistent player we have ever witnessed. His aggression, dedication and the will of winning next game is next level. Kohli has achieved a lot and has beaten almost every record in his career. Now, Virat aim is to break Sachin’s most runs in ODI and soon he will achieve his goal.
ODI stats:
Kohli has scored 12,169 runs in 245 innings at an average of 59.07 and strike rate of 93.17 with 43 hundreds during his ODI career
Test stats:
The skipper has played 162 innings and scored 7746 runs at an average of 51.0 with strike rate of 56.4. He has smashed 27 centuries during his test career.
T20I stats:
Virat has scored 3159 runs in 84 innings at an average of 52.65 and strike rate 139.04.
Babar Azam stats
Azam is No.1 ranked ODI batsman. He is a rising star one of the classiest batsman. Babar Azam have made everyone fall in love with his wonderful Cover- Drives, and his shots are unique.
ODI stats:
Babar has scored 3808 runs in 80 innings at an average of 56.84 and strike rate of 88.70 with 13 hundreds during his ODI career
Test stats:
Babar has played 33 innings and scored 2169 runs at an average of 42.53 with strike rate of 56.44. He has smashed 27 centuries during his test career.
T20I stats:
Babar Azam has scored 2035 runs in 52 innings at an average of 47.33 and batting strike rate 129.70. Azam has smashed 1 century.
Considering the important factors, it can be said that Babar Azam has long way to go being called the best batsman. In fact, it won’t be fair way to compare Babar and Virat Kohli with respect to their numbers. The pakistan batsman remains as one of the best batters. But, Kohli remains the greatest purely due to his consistency and dominance in chases.
Abhi