In world cricket, Babar Azam and Virat Kohli are the two best batters. Their countries of Pakistan and India, where cricket is incredibly popular, means that their popularity often reaches record heights. Kohli entered international cricket much earlier than Babar, but Babar is catching up and has broken several of Kohli’s hitting records. With a chance on Wednesday to break yet another of Kohli’s hitting records.
Babar Azam already has several records to his name. He became the 3rd fastest to reach 1000 runs in T20 in 26 innings, the fastest to score 2000 in 52 innings, and the fastest to reach 2500 in 62 innings. Now Babar is on the way to breaking Virat Kohli’s record and becoming the No1 to score 3000 runs in 80 innings.
Kohli became the fastest batsman to 3000 T20I runs in 2021 during England’s tour of India. He reached the mark in 81 innings. Pakistan batsman Babar Azam is currently eyeing breaking that record by scoring 61 runs during their fifth-T20I against England in Qaddafi Stadium Lahore.
Babar Azam is currently on 2,939 runs in 79 innings for Pakistan. He needs to score 61 runs in the fifth T20I to transcend Virat Kohli.
Recently during the series between Pakistan and England, Babar Azam and Rizwan made another record. They became the first pair to score 2000 runs in T20 together.
Kohli Reviews Regarding Babar Azam
India’s former captain recently hailed Babar as “the top batsman in the world across format” and said that he is the kind of player world cricket needs.
“The first interaction I had with Babar Azam was the 2019 World Cup after the game. Babar and Imad (Wasim). Imad I have known since Under-19 cricket, we have played against each other. Imad said Babar Azam wanted to have a chat.” Virat Kohli said in an interview with Star Sports.
Despite being one of the best players on the planet, Babar has always been respectful to his opponents. It is for this reason that despite being a fierce competitor, he has managed to maintain his level of respect from other players, Kohli said about Babar Azam.
“It’s not honorable or correct to say his mindset has changed. I see the same grounded person he’s always been,” said Kohli about Babar’s performance.
