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Babar Azam vs Rohit Sharma - Who is a better cricketer overall?

Rana said:
Well, you keep questioning me about my interest in Test cricket and then you come up with this nonsense?

How are Babar and Rohit’s Test platforms or the level of opponents they have to face similar for your to make this claim?

Babar regularly gets to play 5 match Test series v England and Australia? Babar’s team plays 10-15 Tests per year??
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Please list Rohit's great innings in tests. I will give you one - the century in England. Other than that Rohit is a barely 40 averaging bat OVERALL. He could not even HTB like Head.
 
Rana said:
Well, you keep questioning me about my interest in Test cricket and then you come up with this nonsense?

How are Babar and Rohit’s Test platforms or the level of opponents they have to face similar for your to make this claim?

Babar regularly gets to play 5 match Test series v England and Australia? Babar’s team plays 10-15 Tests per year??
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Name me anything Rohit has achieved wearing a white jersey.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Please list Rohit's great innings in tests. I will give you one - the century in England. Other than that Rohit is a barely 40 averaging bat OVERALL. He could not even HTB like Head.
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nothing to show for him in tests,always been awful there
 
Varun said:
Answer me first. I asked first: Name me anything Rohit has achieved wearing a white jersey.
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You are the one who claimed Babar>>Rohit in Test cricket. That means there is something in your mind to make you believe Babar has achieved something in Test cricket which Rohit hasn’t. So you tell me what that is.
 
Varun said:
Answer me first. I asked first: Name me anything Rohit has achieved wearing a white jersey.
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Rohit averages 40 in test cricket with 12 centuries factoring in his avg dropping drastically due to age. So pretty atrocious numbers.

Babar avg 43 with 9 centuries in test cricket.

Atm babar is ahead but

A) Babar's form is declining as well, After ramiz raja left his avg fell from 49 to 43. Infact babar has been avg 24 to 30 since ramiz left and stopped curating flat tracks.

But yes rn babar is > in test cricket since he still has better test numbers in sa, eng and overseas as a whole compared to Rohit. Both of these are equally bad In aus however with rohit being slightly worse.

But it's not like babar is a million times >>> rohit in test. Their in the same tier of crap.
 
Rana said:
You are the one who claimed Babar>>Rohit in Test cricket. That means there is something in your mind to make you believe Babar has achieved something in Test cricket which Rohit hasn’t. So you tell me what that is.
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Am on phone. Will definitely reply to this. Stand by.
 
Varun said:
Answer me first. I asked first: Name me anything Rohit has achieved wearing a white jersey.
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To surpassed babar Azam Rohit doesn't need to do anything extraordinary because Babar is very Average test player .

Btw rohit scored 200 against South Africa at home

177* vs WI

121 Vs England at the oval

83 vs England at lord's

Rohit scored two century in a test vs South Africa at Vizag

161 Vs England on a rank Turner pitch

And many more in spinning conditions

These are better than Babar Azam test Career even that Rohit is Not so good test player .

:kp
 
Devadwal said:
To surpassed babar Azam Rohit doesn't need to do anything extraordinary because Babar is very Average test player .

Btw rohit scored 200 against South Africa at home

177* vs WI

121 Vs England at the oval

83 vs England at lord's

Rohit scored two century in a test vs South Africa at Vizag

161 Vs England on a rank Turner pitch

And many more in spinning conditions

These are better than Babar Azam test Career even that Rohit is Not so good test player .

:kp
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What a rubbish post. But again expected from you.
 
Devadwal said:
To surpassed babar Azam Rohit doesn't need to do anything extraordinary because Babar is very Average test player .

Btw rohit scored 200 against South Africa at home

177* vs WI

121 Vs England at the oval

83 vs England at lord's

Rohit scored two century in a test vs South Africa at Vizag

161 Vs England on a rank Turner pitch

And many more in spinning conditions

These are better than Babar Azam test Career even that Rohit is Not so good test player .

:kp
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Yea.. Rohit is a poor test player only by Indian standard.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
194 vs Aus
100 in Aus vs Aus
100 in SL on a turning pitch

This is better than Rohit's test career except one ton in England.

ODIs

WC 2019 winning ton vs NZ
CT 2017 win
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Lol.

Rohit has centuries on Rank turners, Babar doesn’t have a single comparable innings.
 
Varun said:
Babar smokes Rohit out of the park in the only format that matters - tests.
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You are going by stats padded on pattas.

Rohit has done well from 2019-2023 in test cricket, only in 2024 he failed. He has many knocks on turners, Babar wouldn’t last 50 balls on those pitches.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Please list Rohit's great innings in tests. I will give you one - the century in England. Other than that Rohit is a barely 40 averaging bat OVERALL. He could not even HTB like Head.
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Sure I will, all these innings are better than any innings Azam has played

1. 120 vs Aus in Nagpur, the only centurion of that match, Aus lost the match by an innings.
2.161 vs England at Chennai in a winning cause.
3. 66 on a rank turner, highest score https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...ia-vs-england-3rd-test-1243386/full-scorecard
4. Century vs eng in second test 2024
5. Match winning century in England.


These are just the ones I recall in match winning cause.
 
Varun said:
Answer me first. I asked first: Name me anything Rohit has achieved wearing a white jersey.
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I can answer you, averaging 40 plus as an opener and being our highest run scorer in WTC. He has been a superb performer for us from 2019 to 2023.
 
Its very easy to spot posters who haven’t watched Indian teat cricket for last 5 years, Rohit is done now but he was our best batsman in home conditions for about 3-4 years.
 
Lol babar is pathetic test player. Rohit is mile ahead of him . Although Rohit is average test player for Indian standard .
 
Babar ave 50 in Eng,SA and Aus in ODI. Rohit runs/innings is below 30 in t20 and Babar just above 30 but Rohit has better strike rate
 
Rana said:
Are you still on the phone? Been waiting since yesterday
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As for Babar > Rohit, here are a couple of test match innings Babar has played (and he is hardly any ATG), that Rohit can only dream of:

1. 119 vs Sri Lanka at Galle: when everybody else collapsed around him, he dragged Pakistan's innings to parity against the Lankans, and backed it up with a half century in the second dig to ensure a victory. Rohit would have only wilted under such circumstances.

2. 196 vs Australia at Karachi: Pakistan were under the pump after being dismissed for a slender 148 in response to Australia's 550+. In their second innings, Babar stonewalled for 600+ minutes to eke out a draw, registering his highest test score in the process. Rohit won't bat 600 minutes in an entire IPL.
 
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Rohit is a much better player against spin than Babar. ALso plays short ball better. For years Moyo was accused of a soft run getter even though he was world class. Theer was some merit to that claim. But not much. Then that tag shifted to Asad Shafique. Can we say that tag is now with Babar Azam? or he is not even soft run getter now?
 
Rohit in all formats.

In ODIs ad t20s he is far ahead, in tests he was more impactful, also stats are pretty much similar.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Rohit in all formats.

In ODIs ad t20s he is far ahead, in tests he was more impactful, also stats are pretty much similar.
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In tests he isn't ahead. He probs will be soon though given Babar's downward trajectory.

Babar has better overseas records and home record then rohit atm and a slightly better avg. But yes I predict in 1.5 years Babar will fall below a 40 avg and with only 1 away century, Rohit will be ahead.

In odi and t20 no contest, they call him Hitman for a reason.
 
Today's match just proves how good Sharma is in specific conditions but only those conditions. Give him a no pressure halwa attack without its best bowler and he becomes Bradman. Come WC final or big game he chokes.
 
No shame in losing a battle of comparison to King Babar. He’s cut from a different cloth, like 100% Peshmina.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Today's match just proves how good Sharma is in specific conditions but only those conditions. Give him a no pressure halwa attack without its best bowler and he becomes Bradman. Come WC final or big game he chokes.
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Absolute nonsense. Rohit scored 5 hundreds in 2019 WC in England. He has scored runs all over the world and has been brilliant in ICC events. There is no comparison between Babar and Rohit in ODIs whichever way you spin it. What halwa attack are you talking about? This is pretty much the English attack minus Archer who will play in Champions trophy. He absolutely smashed Australia in WT20 last year which contained Starc, Cummins and Hazlewood to score 92 of 41. Stop this fake narrative. I agree that he isn't good enough to be in the Test team but as a ODI opener he has no comparison in World Cricket right now, even during his final phase of his career.
 
Washup Rohit is the better match winner than prime Babar Azam.

There is no comparison overall as Rohit is way ahead and its not even close

:kp
 
In white ball cricket, it's not even worthy of debate.

In tests, they are similar because of their averages and the fact that they're both home track bullies. But I'm going to give it to Rohit because he had a slightly higher striker rate and he was batting as an opener, so he was therefore exposed to the new ball from the get go.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Today's match just proves how good Sharma is in specific conditions but only those conditions. Give him a no pressure halwa attack without its best bowler and he becomes Bradman. Come WC final or big game he chokes.
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Terrible analysis.

Rohit averages 50+ with a strike rate of over 90 in both England and Australia. Also, 12 of his 32 ODI tons have been scored in both of these playing nations.

Rizwan fans have no right to undermine Rohit Sharma.
 
mominsaigol said:
In tests he isn't ahead. He probs will be soon though given Babar's downward trajectory.

Babar has better overseas records and home record then rohit atm and a slightly better avg. But yes I predict in 1.5 years Babar will fall below a 40 avg and with only 1 away century, Rohit will be ahead.

In odi and t20 no contest, they call him Hitman for a reason.
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Babar has created no impact in test cricket, his big scores were on flat pattas. He hasn’t played on turners like Sharma and when he did he could hardly make a 50.

Sharma was our best batsman from 2021 to 2023 , his tour to England where we played a draw series is also better than any away tour of Babar.
 
Babar Azam v Temba Bavuma is a better comparison. I'm expecting this to go close.

Both sparkly midgets, both have peaks and plums within their boundaries.
 
Energy said:
Babar Azam v Temba Bavuma is a better comparison. I'm expecting this to go close.

Both sparkly midgets, both have peaks and plums within their boundaries.
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Just for kicks checked the performances of both in the matches they played against each other


Tests

Babar azam 7 tests 536 runs 38.28 avge 6 fifties
Temba Bavuma 7 tests 511 runs 51.10 avge 1 century 3 fifties

ODIs

Babar Azam 6 ODIs 403 runs 67.16 avge 89.55 strike rate
Bavuma 6 ODIs 161 runs 26.83 avge 89.94 strike rate

T20Is

Babar Azam 1 innings 6 runs 6.00 avge 40.00 strike rate
Bavuma 1 innings 36 runs 36.00 avge 189.47 strike rate
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Just for kicks checked the performances of both in the matches they played against each other


Tests

Babar azam 7 tests 536 runs 38.28 avge 6 fifties
Temba Bavuma 7 tests 511 runs 51.10 avge 1 century 3 fifties

ODIs

Babar Azam 6 ODIs 403 runs 67.16 avge 89.55 strike rate
Bavuma 6 ODIs 161 runs 26.83 avge 89.94 strike rate

T20Is

Babar Azam 1 innings 6 runs 6.00 avge 40.00 strike rate
Bavuma 1 innings 36 runs 36.00 avge 189.47 strike rate
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Temba and Bobby going shoulder to shoulder aggressively at 5/feet.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Babar has created no impact in test cricket, his big scores were on flat pattas. He hasn’t played on turners like Sharma and when he did he could hardly make a 50.

Sharma was our best batsman from 2021 to 2023 , his tour to England where we played a draw series is also better than any away tour of Babar.
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Hmm fair point.
 
Varun said:
As for Babar > Rohit, here are a couple of test match innings Babar has played (and he is hardly any ATG), that Rohit can only dream of:

1. 119 vs Sri Lanka at Galle: when everybody else collapsed around him, he dragged Pakistan's innings to parity against the Lankans, and backed it up with a half century in the second dig to ensure a victory. Rohit would have only wilted under such circumstances.

2. 196 vs Australia at Karachi: Pakistan were under the pump after being dismissed for a slender 148 in response to Australia's 550+. In their second innings, Babar stonewalled for 600+ minutes to eke out a draw, registering his highest test score in the process. Rohit won't bat 600 minutes in an entire IPL.
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Lol. Those are some mid innings.

119 was vs SL lol.

196 was on a flat patta where Pakistan didn't even win the match or series. Rohit has a better century against Aus in Nagpur in the first test of the 23 BGT which India won and thus also helped win the series.

Rohit's centuries vs Aus at home and a few vs Eng home/away are better than anything Babar has done in his career and helped win matches/series.

I think Babar has a sum total of ONE century in wins vs SENA. Mostly scored runs on some pattas where Pakistan lost/drew the match. Rohit has EIGHT.
 
Fanboy375 said:
Babar ave 50 in Eng,SA and Aus in ODI. Rohit runs/innings is below 30 in t20 and Babar just above 30 but Rohit has better strike rate
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That is cause Babar started playing later in an era where pitches were flatter, two new ball rules were introduced as well as teams playing B/C teams in bilaterals.

Rohit has outperformed Babar in EVERY ODI tournament they have played.
 
saimayubera said:
Lol. Those are some mid innings.

119 was vs SL lol.

196 was on a flat patta where Pakistan didn't even win the match or series. Rohit has a better century against Aus in Nagpur in the first test of the 23 BGT which India won and thus also helped win the series.

Rohit's centuries vs Aus at home and a few vs Eng home/away are better than anything Babar has done in his career and helped win matches/series.

I think Babar has a sum total of ONE century in wins vs SENA. Mostly scored runs on some pattas where Pakistan lost/drew the match. Rohit has EIGHT.
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SL in SL on a minefield. How many test centuries does Rohit even have away from home?
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
SL in SL on a minefield. How many test centuries does Rohit even have away from home?
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Two. Both outside Asia.

Same as Babar but Babar has only one out of Asia and that was a loss.

Rohit has a 100 vs Eng in Eng in swinging conditions which won the match and helped draw the series.

Plus Rohit has 100s on minefields vs Eng/Aus who are better than SL (both have whitewashed SL in SL)
 
They are both at same level atm with the kind of form they are in. Rohit scored a century but before that, he was also not that good since 2023 WC.... But still Rohit has better record and impact that an opener should have and babar is not an opener so comparison is kind of mismatched.
 
saimayubera said:
Two. Both outside Asia.

Same as Babar but Babar has only one out of Asia and that was a loss.

Rohit has a 100 vs Eng in Eng in swinging conditions which won the match and helped draw the series.

Plus Rohit has 100s on minefields vs Eng/Aus who are better than SL (both have whitewashed SL in SL)
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In India? Eng/Aus in India are not better than SL in SL. Babar is 7-8 years younger than Rohit and will end up with 30 test centuries.
 
RizwanT20Champ said:
Eng/Aus in India are not better than SL in SL
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Now wait a minute...let me get this straight.

England and Australia, the two teams who have clean swept Sri Lanka in Srilanka on their last tours are not actually better than them?

This is some mega mind level cope
 
jamie smith said:
Comparing babar to Rohit is like comparing shadab to warne.
There is no competition at all.
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In fine with people putting babar > Rohit in tests. Their both garbage test batters so idrc who's > who in test.

In odi and t20 it's not a contest. Anyone who argues babar > Rohit in odi and t20 has lost their marbles. Rohit is Hitman while babar is a chawal.
 
mominsaigol said:
In fine with people putting babar > Rohit in tests. Their both garbage test batters so idrc who's > who in test.

In odi and t20 it's not a contest. Anyone who argues babar > Rohit in odi and t20 has lost their marbles. Rohit is Hitman while babar is a chawal.
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Both are mid test batters with 4 year peaks.

Rohit's peak was in 2019-early 2024.

Babar also similar period. Maybe till 2023.

Rohit opened and had runs on some tough pitches though where he was one of the best batsman in the series.

Babar has never dominated a series. His runs came in series where everyone else scored. Like when he was scoring runs in those series, some opposition batsman outperformed him.
 
Considering the pitches that are going to be rolled out in Pak for the foreseeable future, Babar might average below 40 at the end of his career.
 
saimayubera said:
Both are mid test batters with 4 year peaks.

Rohit's peak was in 2019-early 2024.

Babar also similar period. Maybe till 2023.

Rohit opened and had runs on some tough pitches though where he was one of the best batsman in the series.

Babar has never dominated a series. His runs came in series where everyone else scored. Like when he was scoring runs in those series, some opposition batsman outperformed him.
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I'm fine either way. Idrc who's a better test batter but yes you make a good point about rohit in tests.

But mainly in concerned with odi and t20. Anyone who can't see the massive gap between these 2 needs to get their eyes checked
 
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