Babar Azam needs 678 more runs in 14 innings to become the fastest to 2000 ODI runs [Update #71]

[The cricket enthusiast]

Babar should aim to be Pakistani's Kohli. He is the cricketer he needs to look up to, not Amla and de Villiers. Thousands of soft runs and soft hundreds mean nothing, only winning big matches and coming on top in big moments count.

He has the ability and technique, which will always be there with him. The only thing that will determine how far he goes in his career is his strength of character and mentality.

He grew up idolizing de Villiers, but now he needs to look up to Indian and Australian batsmen and develop a killer mentality like them. South African batsmen and of course his own countrymen are terrible role models.

problem wih him is he dont have support in pak lbatting line up like amla and kohli has in their team
with hafeez shezad & akmal in top order it will be difficult for him.

 

[Bilal7]

Babar should aim to be Pakistani's Kohli. He is the cricketer he needs to look up to, not Amla and de Villiers. Thousands of soft runs and soft hundreds mean nothing, only winning big matches and coming on top in big moments count.

He has the ability and technique, which will always be there with him. The only thing that will determine how far he goes in his career is his strength of character and mentality.

He grew up idolizing de Villiers, but now he needs to look up to Indian and Australian batsmen and develop a killer mentality like them. South African batsmen and of course his own countrymen are terrible role models.

I really hope Babar does not end up with an average of 20 in won matches against Australia, England and South Africa, away. Nor do I want him to fail in an epic manner in a World Cup semi-final and generally have a poor WC record, despite playing one at home.

Babar needs to continue looking up to the best ODI batsman in the world, de Villiers, and needs to ensure that he scores runs all around the world and not just in the UAE. Along with having a great World Cup record.

 

[Mamoon]

I really hope Babar does not end up with an average of 20 in won matches against Australia, England and South Africa, away. Nor do I want him to fail in an epic manner in a World Cup semi-final and generally have a poor WC record, despite playing one at home.

Babar needs to continue looking up to the best ODI batsman in the world, de Villiers, and needs to ensure that he scores runs all around the world and not just in the UAE. Along with having a great World Cup record.

Yes yes, de Villiers is a wonderful role model. Babar should look to maintain alien-like stats but ensure that he doesn't win a single big match for his country in LOIs, while riding on the success of his team mates in Test cricket, a format that he should quit in his peak years, so that he can stay fit for the IPL and CPL.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Babar should aim to be Pakistani's Kohli. He is the cricketer he needs to look up to, not Amla and de Villiers. Thousands of soft runs and soft hundreds mean nothing, only winning big matches and coming on top in big moments count.

He has the ability and technique, which will always be there with him. The only thing that will determine how far he goes in his career is his strength of character and mentality.

He grew up idolizing de Villiers, but now he needs to look up to Indian and Australian batsmen and develop a killer mentality like them. South African batsmen and of course his own countrymen are terrible role models.

I fully agree !! Kohli is the man to idolize for Babar from hence forth, would become a gun Test Batsman as well once he starts following in the footsteps of the chosen one. In addition to this I also want Amir, Junaid and Hassan to start emulating Zaheer Khan and Jarvagal Srinath.

Our team would become absolutely unstoppable tbh.

 

[CricFan2012]

Have this strange feeling that Babar Azam is going to be the man who would finally break the jinx against India in world cups.

He can't do it alone, plus we haven't really seen how much of a pressure player he is.

Other team members need to step up for that to happen because Indians give it their all in these encounters and play with a passion, that's what Pakistani players have been lacking during those matches.

 

[Mamoon]

You should also start idolizing an average Indian male from your age-group so that your life improves exponentially. If it works for Hassan and Babar, why not you, eh?



Well, I was talking about ODIs and for your information, de Villiers played a crucial hand in the semi-final match he played in the last World Cup while Kohli pulled off the most hilarious choke-job of this decade against a bowler he was smashing to all parts in the preceding bilateral series. We don't even have to get into anything else.

In tests, Babar should look to Younis Khan and Javed Miandad for inspiration, not someone who in comparison to those two ATGs, is frankly a nobody.

Yes, as I said, he should learn from de Villiers and fail to win the big matches with his willow. Who cares about winning games of course, as long as you can play crucial hands in defeats. Furthermore, he should also hide behind the top order and ensure that his flamboyant knocks are generally not enough to alter the game. Why take charge at number 3 when you can play match losing but breathtaking knocks at number 4 & 5, which are generally not enough to win you games.

Miandad is a player from the old era, and he is already a better ODI batsman than Younis. Instead of dividing formats, he should aim to look up to contemporary batsman who excel in all formats and bat at 3. Kohli is the right role model because he can identify with him better culturally, in comparison to whites like Smith and Root.

 

[Bilal7]

Back on topic, I hope Babar doesn't break this record.

I am in a difficult predicament here. My favorite current Pakistani player chasing the records of my favorite non-Pakistan player of all time.

 

[Specialisttailender]

This is how legends are made folks. He could be the Pakistani Sachin. I'ts been a very long time since Pakistan had a batsmen with super star potential.

 

[Abdullah719]

Stay on topic please.

 

[Bhaijaan]

He can't do it alone, plus we haven't really seen how much of a pressure player he is.

Other team members need to step up for that to happen because Indians give it their all in these encounters and play with a passion, that's what Pakistani players have been lacking during those matches.

I think across all those matches, what Pakistan has always missed is a batsman who can play a normal inning. Time and again, across 3 decades your best batsmen have literally surrendered to India in world cups. I always thought Shoaib Malik was someone who would turn it around, Nazir almost had us in 2007 and now i feel Babar's the man who is going to do it.

Overall of course, it has to be a team effort. India's bowling-fielding in those matches has been underrated.

While I think that Kohli will be the first Indian captain to surrender the streak, which the Pakistani fans will use to taunt him forever, no matter what he achieves in his career. So perhaps, Babar is destined to do it.

Same feelings, for strange reasons.

 

[waleed88]

Overrated cricketer, stats don't reflect how poor he has been for us barring WI

 

[90MPH]

Overrated cricketer, stats don't reflect how poor he has been for us barring WI

Is there anything better being produced in Karachi ?

 

[pakistanisgreat]

Overrated cricketer, stats don't reflect how poor he has been for us barring WI

I think you forget that 100 against Australia. It is just a start....

 

[MeanAndGreen]

Overrated cricketer, stats don't reflect how poor he has been for us barring WI

Do you have a personal history with Babar? You are criticising him in almost every thread.

He's a 22 year old kid averaging 55 at 90. For a country that hasn't produced any reputable ODI batsman in 15 years and is rotting at the bottom of the rankings, we sure hold high standards. Do you want him to average 100 at a strike rate of 200?

 

[MeanAndGreen]

Whilst Babar definitely has work to do in order to become the complete world class package, I find it hilarious that some people compare him with the likes of Chanderpaul in ODIs. Instead of having a gaze at scorecards, actually watch him play. He has all the fundamentals of a class ODI batsman; malleable wrists, fast hands, high backlift, long levers and a killer eye. Yes, at this moment, he is struggling to adjust to T20s but give him time. There's a difference between not adjusting and having a limited skillset. Babar - unlike some of the jokers currently comprising our top order - well and truly falls in the former.

It's wrong to expect him to become Virat Kohli. Forget the fact he is only 22 years old right now, he is unfortunate to be batting for a minnow level ODI team with no batting culture.

 

[tomato]

Whilst Babar definitely has work to do in order to become the complete world class package, I find it hilarious that some people compare him with the likes of Chanderpaul in ODIs. Instead of having a gaze at scorecards, actually watch him play. He has all the fundamentals of a class ODI batsman; malleable wrists, fast hands, high backlift, long levers and a killer eye. Yes, at this moment, he is struggling to adjust to T20s but give him time. There's a difference between not adjusting and having a limited skillset. Babar - unlike some of the jokers currently comprising our top order - well and truly falls in the former.

It's wrong to expect him to become Virat Kohli. Forget the fact he is only 22 years old right now, he is unfortunate to be batting for a minnow level ODI team with no batting culture.

What's wrong with Chanderpaul? He played his cricket mostly on an average side for most of his career and ended up with good average even though SR is not on lower side but it's somewhat okay for that era.

 

[MeanAndGreen]

What's wrong with Chanderpaul? He played his cricket mostly on an average side for most of his career and ended up with good average even though SR is not on lower side but it's somewhat okay for that era.

Class test bat but lacked impact in ODIs. His strike rate of 70 is a testament to that.