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- Aug 18, 2023
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Babar Azam scored his 19th century today against Nepal. It's a small side so as a century it will likely pale in comparison as the years pass compared to his brilliant World Cup century against New Zealand or century on Aussie soil. Yet we should not forget the importance of such a knock: Pakistan were 2 down already with very few runs on the board, his bets batting partner in Rizwan would eventually run himself out and the game was wide open for the taking. Babar scored 151 at a strike rate of 115, counter attacking and creating an unassailable lead.
In the process, Babar edges closer to matching Saeed Anwar and he will likely overtake the left hander in a few games, maybe this tournament. Of the modern batsmen to match or surpass him there are only 3, Warner is on 19 with Virat and Rohit far ahead but Babar is scoring a century almost every 5 games and averaging almost 60...in comparison Rohit has scored a century almost every 8 games and Virat every 6.
On the all time list, only 14 batsmen have more centuries, he will likely overtake the next 10 in the coming years matching the exceptional Jayasuriya. If that does happen, Babar will have a far superior average and a much better matches to century ratio. What remains then? Sharma, Ponting, Kohli and Tendulkar, 3 of which are all time great ODI batters.
Babar has truly join the pantheon of the remarkable.
So how far do you think he can go in terms of centuries? I think he'll get to 30 ODI centuries, injuries not withstanding which is around 55 more ODIs.
In the process, Babar edges closer to matching Saeed Anwar and he will likely overtake the left hander in a few games, maybe this tournament. Of the modern batsmen to match or surpass him there are only 3, Warner is on 19 with Virat and Rohit far ahead but Babar is scoring a century almost every 5 games and averaging almost 60...in comparison Rohit has scored a century almost every 8 games and Virat every 6.
On the all time list, only 14 batsmen have more centuries, he will likely overtake the next 10 in the coming years matching the exceptional Jayasuriya. If that does happen, Babar will have a far superior average and a much better matches to century ratio. What remains then? Sharma, Ponting, Kohli and Tendulkar, 3 of which are all time great ODI batters.
Babar has truly join the pantheon of the remarkable.
So how far do you think he can go in terms of centuries? I think he'll get to 30 ODI centuries, injuries not withstanding which is around 55 more ODIs.
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