How many runs can we expect Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq to finish with in their careers?

[brimful15]

How many runs do we think Babar and Imam can end their ODI and Test careers with? I think:
ODI: Babar 12,000 (currently at 3.5k, if he scores another 800 a year from the next 12 years till hes 37)
Imam- maybe 8000

Test: Babar 9000
Imam- no clue not even a starting xi rn

 

[Ab Fan]

I would say 19000 runs.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Babar Azam (Bobby node on) : 12,464 test runs, 14,586 ODI runs. To retire greatest ever Pakistani batsman on par or above Murhoom Sir Haneef Mohammad

Imam ul Haq : 5,622 test runs, 6,943 ODI runs

 

[shamaan]

10,000 runs in tests
10,000 in odis

Imaam 8,000 runs in odis
Nt sure about tests

 

[U$ofA]

Babar is about 26. So he has about 10 years. Given PCB's appetite of playing 1 and 2 test "series" he will barely make it to 100 tests. So I would say he will end up with about 10k runs in tests if things at the PCB hold as is in terms of their view of tests.

As far as ODI's go, sky is the limit for Babar.

Imam is just a ODI player. I would say about 7-8k.

 

[Titan24]

For Babar all depends upon how many matches Pak plays in next 10 years. Considering average number of test which Pak plays Babar should have played around 95-100 tests (26 tests currently) by the time he is 35. If his averages above 50 after 95-100 tests even then I think he would have to push towards playing till 38 to get 10,000 runs. If he averages in mid 50s then thats another matter.

In ODIs, unless ODIs are not played as much going forward he should be able to get to that 10,000 runs mark. Pak is hasnt played any ODI in 2020 and other teams havent played much as well probably because initially it was meant to be an year of World T20.

Coming to Imam, he has had a tremendous start to his ODI career. If he can increase his range a bit he will remain in the ODI setup of Pak for a long time as well. Other than few technical problems which are rectifiable he has the potential to be a good test opener as well. If he keeps on playing and improving he can get to 7000+ ODI runs. In tests he has to first establish himself only then we can predict anything.

Again nothing is constant, it all depends upon how both of them keep on progressing and how many matches Pak plays in Tests and ODIs in next 10 years or so.

 

[Rayyman]

Pakistan is gonna win the 2027 WC

Haider Ali
Imam ul-Haq*
Babar Azam
Saud Shakeel
Rohail Nazir+
Khushdil Shah
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Musa
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Mohammad Hasnain
Naseem Shah
——————————
Abdullah Shafique
Umer Khan
Zeeshan Malik
Akif Javed

 

[HappyWarsFan]

I don't think Imam has any future for Pakistan. He will be thrown out soon enough. Not good enough for tests and his strike rate is too low for ODIs.

 

[sweep_shot]

I think Babar should surpass Younis Khan in Test and Inzamam in ODI. In other words, I expect him to be someone with most Test runs and most ODI runs for Pakistan.

 

[Rayyman]

I don't think Imam has any future for Pakistan. He will be thrown out soon enough. Not good enough for tests and his strike rate is too low for ODIs.

His strike rate last year was higher than Williamson and Dhoni

 

[TrentDevil]

Pakistan don't play enough Cricket for Babar to end up as one of the modern greats. I doubt he would even score 10k ODI runs because of Pakistan hardly playing enough ODIs/year. In the current fixture cycle, Pakistan will be playing the least no. of ODIs and Tests, same as Bangladesh

 

[pratiktc]

Babar will probably end up with
95-100 tests 7000-7500 runs

200-220 ODIs and 8500-9000 runs

Easily 4000+ T20I runs

He will probably play a lot of T20 league cricket and finish with 11-12000 runs in it.