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Babar Azam (Punjabi, Urdu: محمد بابر اعظم; born 15 October 1994), is a Pakistani international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats.[3][4][5] Regarded as one of the finest batsmen in contemporary world cricket,[6][7] he is the only batsman in the world who is currently in the top-5 of the ICC rankings in all formats. He is ranked as the number one batsman in ODIs, third in Tests and fourth in T20Is.[8] A right-handed top-order batter, he captains Central Punjab in domestic cricket and Karachi Kings in the PSL.[9][10] With 34 wins, he is Pakistan's most successful T20I captain.[11]

Early life

Babar Azam was born on 15 October 1994 into a Punjabi Muslim family. He was born in the Walled City and recalls the memories of "playing cricket and roaming around like a free bird in those streets." His cousins Kamran and Umar Akmal, who are older than him, were the reason he was attracted to cricket and their stories and success instilled inspiration in him. Therefore, he decided to take cricket as his profession. He had been a ball boy at Gaddafi Stadium[12] before joining a cricket academy and starting his domestic cricket career there and was present during the home series Pakistan played between 2006 and 2008. He sought guidance from Rana Sadiq, his first coach, who taught him in real terms, what batting is. Later, he went on to be a part of the Pakistan U-19 setup.

International career

Early career

In May 2015, Babar was included in the Pakistani ODI squad for home series against Zimbabwe.[13] He made his ODI debut in the third ODI on 31 May and scored an impressive fifty scoring 54 runs off 60 balls.[14] His impressive debut earned him a place in both Test and ODI squads selected for an away series against Sri Lanka. He was not selected to play in the Test series. During the ODI series, he only scored 37 runs in the two matches that he played.[15] Babar was included in the squad for the away ODI series against Zimbabwe in September 2015.[16]

He was retained in the ODI squad for the home series against England. In the first ODI of the four match series he scored 62 not out with a strike rate of 100 which helped Pakistan win the match.[17] He had scores of 4, 22 and 51 in next three matches respectively.[18] He finished the series with 139 runs at an average of 46.33.[19]

In January 2016, Pakistan toured New Zealand. In the first ODI match, Babar scored 62 runs off 76 balls. Pakistan lost the match by 70 runs.[20] He was the leading run scorer in the ODI series with 145 runs in 2 innings at an average of 72.50.[21]

In the five-match ODI series against England in July, he batted in five games and only scored 122 runs.[22] He made his Twenty20 International debut for Pakistan against England on 7 September. He scored an unbeaten 15 runs off 11 balls. Pakistan won the match and series.[23]

Besides the England series, Pakistan played two match ODI series against Ireland. In the first ODI of the series, Pakistan beat Ireland by 255 runs and created record of their biggest win in terms of runs in an ODI.[24][25] Babar contributed in his side's victory by scoring 29 runs.[18] With the second and final ODI abandoned due to rain, Pakistan won the series 1–0.[

Rise in shorter formats and breaking records

Babar Azam was selected in the home series against the West Indies in 2016. In the first match of the ODI series he scored his maiden international century, scoring 120 off 131 balls and winning his first man of the match award.[27] In the second ODI, he scored another century, this time scoring 123 off 126 balls, and helping Pakistan to put up a total of more than 330.[28] In the third and final ODI of the series Azam ended up scoring a third consecutive century (117 from 106).[18] He also broke the record for scoring the most runs (360) in a three match ODI series.[29] He became the only batsman to score 350+ runs in a three match ODI series.[30]

He made his Test debut for Pakistan against the West Indies in Dubai on 13 October 2016 and scored 69 runs in his first innings.[31] He was the first player to score a fifty on his Test debut through a day/night Test.[32]

On 19 January 2017, in the third ODI against Australia, Azam became then joint-fastest player to score 1,000 runs in ODIs and then fastest for Pakistan in his 21st innings before his national record and world record was eclipsed by his compatriot Fakhar Zaman.[33][34] He scored a century in the fifth ODI, which was only the second century ever scored by a Pakistani batsman in Australia after Zaheer Abbas in 1981.[35] He also entered the top 10 batsmen's ranking in ODIs for the first time ever.[36]

Sarfaraz Ahmed replaced Azhar Ali as Pakistan's ODI team captain against the West Indies after Azhar Ali stepped down from the captaincy after a humiliating defeat against Australia in ODI series. He scored an unbeaten 125 in the 2nd ODI of the three–match ODI series at Providence Stadium, Guyana.[18] Azam along with Imad Wasim put on an unbeaten 99 runs partnership which helped Pakistan to a total of 282.[37] Meanwhile, Azam also broke the record of scoring the most runs after the first 25 ODI innings in this match.[38

In the Champions Trophy 2017, Azam scored 46 off 52 balls in the final match against India.[18] After a successful Champions trophy tour, ICC sent the World XI team in Pakistan where they played three T20I matches. Azam was the top runs-getter in the series, scoring 179.[39][40] In the first T20I played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, he scored 86 playing only 52 balls,[39] and won his first Man of the match award in T20Is, helping Pakistan win the match by 20 runs. [41] He had scores of 45 and 48 in the next two fixtures.[39]

In September 2017, he had a poor Test series against Sri Lanka, where he managed to score only 39 runs across 2 Test matches.[42] In the second ODI he became the fastest batsman to score 7th ODI century in ODIs[43] and the first batsman in ODI history to score five consecutive centuries in one country.[44] He had scores of 30 and 69 (not out) in next two innings while chasing.[18]

He was the leading runs-scorer for Pakistan in 2016 in ODIs and T20Is with 872 and 352 runs respectively.[45][46] At the 2017 PCB awards, he was awarded Pakistan's ODI Player of the year.[47] He was also listed in 2017's ICC World ODI XI for the first time ever.[48]

Pakistan's first assignment in 2018 was tour to New Zealand. Babar was an automatic selection in the ODI team. However he could score only 0, 10, 8, 3, 10 across 5 innings, scoring only 31 runs at an average of 6.2 as Pakistan were whitewashed 5–0, his worst series till date.[18][49] But performed well in the T20I series and contributed in team's winning the series 2–1. Babar was the leading run scorer with 109 runs. He had scores of 41, 50* and 18 in these T20Is.[39] He became the no.1 T20I batsmen, the second to reach the feat after Misbah-ul-Haq,[50] but soon slipped to no. 3 position. He regained no. 1 spot in the rankings after a successful series against West Indies, who were touring Pakistan after thirteen years.[51] His best performance came in the second T20I where he scored an unbeaten 97 runs which won him Man of the match award.[52][53] He finished the series as leading run-getter with 165 runs at an average of 82.50 and a strike rare of 148.64,[54] and won the man of the series.[55] Pakistan won the series 3–0.Babar, Fakhar lead Pakistan to 3–0.[56]

During a Test match against England in May 2018, Azam was struck on the arm without padding by a bouncer from Ben Stokes, when he was batting on 68. After an X-ray examination, it was confirmed that Azam had a fracture in his left wrist with a broken forearm.[57] After fully recovering from his injury, he made his return to the side against Zimbabwe in July for a five-match ODI series.[58] He performed well and managed to score 184 runs at an average of 184 in 4 innings[59] including 76 balls 106 runs in the final odi of the series.[18]

In September 2018, he was selected for 2018 Asia Cup held in United Arab Emirates (UAE).[60] Playing his first Asia Cup, he didn't have a good time of it, only managing to score 156 runs at an average of 31.20 in 5 matches.[61] In November 2018, in the second Test against New Zealand, Azam scored his first century in Test cricket

Records and achievements

See also: List of international cricket centuries by Babar Azam

He is the third-fastest Pakistani batsman to reach 1000 runs in ODI cricket (21 innings).[156] He is also the joint fastest Pakistani batsman to reach 2000 runs in ODI cricket (45 innings), along with Zaheer Abbas.[157] Babar Azam is also the fastest Asian batsman to reach 3000 runs in ODI cricket (68 innings).[158] He also holds the record to score the most runs in the first 25 innings of his career (1306 runs).[159] Babar Azam is the only cricketer to score 5 consecutive centuries in a single country (United Arab Emirates).[160] Babar is the fastest batsman to score 7, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 ODI centuries.[161][better source needed] With 17 centuries in ODIs he has the second most centuries in the format for a Pakistani batter.[162] He is the only batsman in history to score 3 consecutive centuries twice.[163] He is the fastest captain to reach 1000 ODI runs in 13 innings.[164] He has the highest number of runs with 303 runs in the 2021 T20 World Cup. He is also the fastest batsman, in terms of time taken, to reach 1000 runs in T20 Internationals (26 innings).[165] Babar Azam has also scored the most runs for Pakistan in a single World Cup (474 runs in 2019 World Cup).[citation needed] He has been the top ODI scorer for Pakistan in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021.[citation needed] Babar Azam has also been the top Test scorer for Pakistan in 2018 and 2019.[citation needed] He has the highest Test score for a captain and for PakiStan in the fourth innings of a Test match.[citation needed] He has the most consecutive 50+ scores in men's international cricket.[citation needed] He is the first Pakistani captain to beat India in a world cup match.[citation needed] Babar is also the first Pakistani to win the ICC ODI cricketer of the year.[citation needed] He has the highest individual score for a Pakistani captain in ODIs.[citation needed] He is the fastest batsman to reach 2000 and 2500 T20I runs.[citation needed] He is one of 3 Pakistani batsman to score a century in all formats and has the highest T20I score for Pakistan.[citation needed] In the PSL he is the highest run scorer in the 2020 and 2021 with 473 and 554 runs. He is the first Pakistani Capitan and fifth overall to complete 1000 runs across all formats.[citation needed] He was the first Pakistani and fourth captain to score a century in every format. The 425 balls he faced is the fourth most by a player in the fourth innings of a Test match.[when?][citation needed] He also has the record for the second-most minutes batted in the fourth innings of a match.[citation needed] He has the joint most international centuries by a Pakistani capitan.

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Virat Kohli (Hindi: [ʋɪˈɾɑːʈ ˈkoːɦliː] (listen); born 5 November[4] 1988) is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of the India national cricket team. He plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League as a right-handed batsman.

Kohli made his Test debut in 2011.[5] He reached the number one spot in the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen for the first time in 2013.[6]  He has won Man of the Tournament twice at the ICC World Twenty20 (in 2014 and 2016). He also holds the world record of being the fastest to score 24,000 international career runs.[7] He also is the leading run scorer of all time in T20s, as well as the current leading run scorer in T20 World Cups.

Kohli has been the recipient of many awards– most notably the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Men's Cricketer of the Decade): 2011–2020; Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2017 and 2018; ICC Test Player of the Year (2018); ICC ODI Player of the Year (2012, 2017, 2018) and Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World (2016, 2017 and 2018).[8] At the national level, he was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2013, the Padma Shri under the sports category in 2017[9] and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest sporting honour in India, in 2018.[10]

Early life

Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in New Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu family.[15] His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a homemaker.[16][17] He has an older brother, Vikash, and an older sister, Bhavna.[18]

Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar[19] and started his schooling at Vishal Bharti Public School.[16][20] In 1998, the West Delhi Cricket Academy was created and a nine-year-old Kohli was part of its first intake.[19] Kohli trained at the academy under Rajkumar Sharma[17] and also played matches at the Sumeet Dogra Academy at Vasundhara Enclave at the same time.[19] In ninth grade, he shifted to Saviour Convent in Paschim Vihar to help his cricket practice.[16][21] His family lived in Meera Bagh until 2015 when they moved to Gurgaon.[22]

Kohli's father died on 18 December 2006 due to a stroke after being bed-ridden for a month.[

In 2016, he was ranked as one of the world's most famous athletes by ESPN[11] and one of the most valuable athlete brands by Forbes.[12] In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[13] In 2020, he was ranked 66th in Forbes list of the top 100 highest-paid athletes in the world for the year 2020 with estimated earnings of over $26 million.

Youth and domestic career

Kohli at post match event, India vs New Zealand, 2010

Delhi

Kohli first played for Delhi Under-15 team in October 2002 in the 2002–03 Polly Umrigar Trophy. He became the captain of the team for the 2003–04 Polly Umrigar Trophy. In late 2004, he was selected in the Delhi Under-17 team for the 2003–04 Vijay Merchant Trophy. Delhi Under-17s won the 2004–05 Vijay Merchant Trophy in which Kohli finished as the highest run-scorer with 757 runs from 7 matches with two centuries.[23] In February 2006, he made his List A debut for Delhi against Services but did not get to bat.[24]

Kohli made his first-class debut for Delhi against Tamil Nadu[25] in November 2006, at the age of 18, he scored 10 runs in his debut innings.[26] He came into the spotlight in December when he decided to play for his team against Karnataka on the day after his father's death and went on to score 90.[27] He went directly to the funeral after he got out in the match. He scored a total of 257 runs from 6 matches at an average of 36.71 in that season.[28

International career

Early years

In August 2008, Kohli was included in the Indian ODI squad for tour of Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. Prior to the Sri Lankan tour, Kohli had played only eight List A matches.[43] So, his selection was called a "surprise call-up".[44] During the Sri Lankan tour, as both first-choice openers Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were injured, Kohli batted as a makeshift opener throughout the series.[45] He made his international debut, at the age of 19, in the first ODI of the tour and was dismissed for 12.[46] He made his first ODI half century, a score of 54, in the fourth match.[46]

After the postponement of the Champions Trophy to 2009, Kohli was picked as a replacement for the injured Shikhar Dhawan in the India A squad for the unofficial Tests against Australia A in September 2008.[47]

Kohli, after recovering from a minor shoulder injury, returned to the national team replacing the injured Gautam Gambhir in the Indian squad for the tri-series in Sri Lanka.[48] He batted at number 4 for India in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy because of an injury to Yuvraj Singh.[49] He found a place in the home ODI series against Sri Lanka in December 2009 and scored 27[50] and 54 in the first two ODIs before making way for Yuvraj who regained fitness for the third ODI. However, Yuvraj's finger injury recurred leading to him being ruled out indefinitely.[51][52] Kohli returned to the team in the fourth ODI at Kolkata and scored his first ODI century–107 off 114 balls–sharing a 224-run partnership for the third wicket with Gambhir.[46][53] India won by seven wickets to seal the series 3–1.[46]

Tendulkar was rested for the tri-nation ODI tournament in Bangladesh in January 2010,[54] which enabled Kohli to play in each of India's five matches.[55] During this series He became only the third Indian batsman to score two ODI centuries before their 22nd birthday.[56] Kohli was much praised for his performances during the series[57][58][59] as the leading run scorer of the series with 275 runs from five innings at an average of 91.66

Setting records

Kohli batting against South Africa in Cardiff during the Champions Trophy in June 2013

Kohli stood-in as the captain for the first ODI of the triangular series in the West Indies after Dhoni injured himself during the match. India lost the match by one wicket, and Dhoni was subsequently ruled out of the series with Kohli being named the captain for the remaining matches.[141] In his second match as captain, Kohli scored his first century as captain, making 102 off 83 balls against the West Indies at Port of Spain in a bonus point win for India.[142][143] Many senior players, including Dhoni, were rested for the five-match ODI tour of Zimbabwe in July 2013, with Kohli being appointed captain for an entire series for the first time.[144] In the first game of the series at Harare, he struck 115 runs from 108 balls, helping India chase down the target of 229 and winning the man of the match award.[145] He batted on two more occasions in the series in which he had scores of 14 and 68*.[46] India completed a 5–0 sweep of the series; their first in an away ODI series.[146]

Kohli had a successful time with the bat in the seven-match ODI series against Australia. After top-scoring with 61 in the opening loss at Pune,[147] he struck the fastest century by an Indian in ODIs in the second match at Jaipur. Reaching the milestone in just 52 balls and putting up an unbroken 186-run second-wicket partnership with Rohit Sharma that came in 17.2 overs,[148] Kohli's innings of 100* helped India chase down the target of 360 for the loss of one wicket with more than six overs to spare. This chase was the second-highest successful run-chase in ODI cricket at the time, while Kohli's knock became the fastest century against Australia and the third-fastest in a run-chase.[149] He followed that innings with 68 in the next match at Mohali in another Indian defeat,[150] before the next two matches were washed out by rain.[151] In the sixth ODI at Nagpur, he struck 115 off only 66 balls to help India successfully chase the target of 351 and level the series 2–2 and won the man of the match.[152] He reached the 100-run mark in 61 balls, making it the third-fastest ODI century by an Indian batsman, and also became the fastest batsman in the world to score 17 hundreds in ODI cricket.[153] India clinched the series after winning the last match in which he was run out for a duck.[154] At the conclusion of the series, Kohli moved to the top position in the ICC ODI batsmen rankings for the first time in his career.[6]

Kohli batted twice in the two-match Test series against the West Indies, and had scores of 3 and 57 being dismissed by Shane Shillingford in both innings.[155][156] This was also the last Test series for Tendulkar and Kohli was expected to take Tendulkar's number 4 batting position after the series.[157] In the first game of the three-match ODI series that followed at Kochi, Kohli made 86 to seal a six-wicket win and won the man of the match.[158] During the match, he also equalled Viv Richards' record of becoming the fastest batsman to make 5,000 runs in ODI cricket, reaching the landmark in his 114th innings. He missed out on his third century at Visakhapatnam in the next match, after being dismissed for 99 playing a hook shot off Ravi Rampaul.[159][160] India lost the match by two wickets,[160] but took the series 2–1 after winning the last match at Kanpur.[161] With 204 runs at 68.00, Kohli finished the series as the leading run-getter and was awarded the man of the series