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[VIDEOS] Is Babar Azam the best all format batter in the world currently?

MenInG said:
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I have a question. If shaheen afridi is injured i am sure we cant get a batter in but can he be replaced by Faheem Ashraf?
 
MenInG said:
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He had a slow start to his Test career, compared to his ODI career, where he started off with multiple fifties, followed by those 3 consecutive hundreds against the WI in the UAE in 2016.

Despite that, he has managed to reach 3000 Test runs for Pakistan, with only 5 players doing it quicker than him.

It was just a matter of time before he got going in this format as well. He was too good to fail in the most important format of the game.
 
He is doing very well even in test cricket. If he continues like that he might get the chance to be the number one batman in all three formats. That will be a special achievement.
 
Mobashir said:
He is doing very well even in test cricket. If he continues like that he might get the chance to be the number one batman in all three formats. That will be a special achievement.
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Has any other batsman achieved this feat? If he does become a number 1 batsman in tests also, lots of fans will start calling tests 'meaningless' too. :inti
 
I would say the inform cricketer in the world, premium performance player and captain, all formats. He should win the ballon’ dor of cricket.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Has any other batsman achieved this feat? If he does become a number 1 batsman in tests also, lots of fans will start calling tests 'meaningless' too. :inti
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I don't think anyone has ever achieved this feat.

Kohli during his prime was very close to it. He was at the top of the rankings in both ODIs and Tests and 2nd in T20Is at the same time. He got rested for a few T20I series and missed the opportunity to get that No.1 rank in all 3 formats at the same time.

In the past, I remember Ponting being at the top of both ODI and Test rankings.

Babar has the chance to achieve what nobody has ever achieved in the history of the game.
 
Root's phenominal run of late has put a big gap between him and no2-3-4

Its
Root-923
Marnus-885
Smith-848
Babar - 815 (Before this test match. with more than 150 in 2 innings he shld gain 20odd points so 835)

so in short, 885 could have been challanged with superb 2nd test, maybe a 200 in there and few 0z by Marnus.. but the 923 gap is a bit too big AT THE MIN

he can def make it to the top... a lovely sight.

maybe we can see a day in near future with No1 & No2 in all 3 formats from Pakistan.. who knows
 
Rellu_Katta said:
Root's phenominal run of late has put a big gap between him and no2-3-4

Its
Root-923
Marnus-885
Smith-848
Babar - 815 (Before this test match. with more than 150 in 2 innings he shld gain 20odd points so 835)

so in short, 885 could have been challanged with superb 2nd test, maybe a 200 in there and few 0z by Marnus.. but the 923 gap is a bit too big AT THE MIN

he can def make it to the top... a lovely sight.

maybe we can see a day in near future with No1 & No2 in all 3 formats from Pakistan.. who knows
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He is not achieving 920+ points soon. Root will have to fail against SA.
 
In response to the OP, Babar is indeed the best all format batsman in the world and is even establishing dominance in tests now!

The difference between playing for the win and playing for stats was shown in this record breaking chase vs SriLanka. If you replace Babar with Sachin in this game, Pakistan lose...

Sachin would have played for his average and ended up getting bogged down/out as opposed to Babar singlehandedly balancing out the game for Pakistan in the first innings.

This is why Sachin will never be equivalent to matchwinners like Kohli. I daresay that Babar will surpass him too.
 
The way he batted with the tail was excellent without his 100 Pakistan would have conceded a massive lead.
 
Babar Azam is one step closer in his quest of becoming the No.1 batter in all three formats of the game after the Pakistan captain inched closer to the top Test ranking on the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men's Player Rankings.

While the Pakistan skipper already holds top billing in both white-ball formats, the 27-year-old is yet to reach the summit at Test level and still trails England's Joe Root following the latest rankings update released by the ICC on Wednesday.

Root remains clear at the top of the Test list, but Babar rises one spot to third overall and to a career high rating of 874 points on the back of his tremendous century in the opening Test of Pakistan's ongoing series against Sri Lanka in Galle.

Babar scored almost 55 percent of Pakistan's first-innings runs during that Test, with the right-hander contributing 119 runs to a team score of 218 that ultimately helped the side keep in touch with Sri Lanka's first innings total of 222.

Babar recently said it was a dream of his to become the No.1 ranked batter in all three formats of the game and this rankings rise sees him move that little bit closer to achieving that very difficult goal.
 
Babar Azam last 20 innings across all formats:

91
57
74
16
81
119
55
1
77
103
66
105*
114
57
67
55
36
196
36
79
 
No doubt in my mind if he gets more tests and bigger test series he will be beyond competition . Alas that won't happen.
 
He lacks the aggression/fearlessness to take his game to the next level. But that might also be due to the lack of support he has.

Overall best currently
 
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10 v India
9 v Hong Kong
14 v India
0 v Afghanistan
30 v Sri Lanka
5 v Sri Lanka

A total of 68 runs for Babar this Asia cup. If we go on to win it, we can finally clear the Babar or bust myth.
 
Reading through some of the posts here - the casualness with which some posters dismiss Sachin and Kohli :)))

You people don't realize how hard you make it for Indians who respect Babar to still enjoy him after reading those ridiculous posts.
 
Against quality bowling attacks, Babar is simply at another level to Kohli. He scores consistently and against high quality bowling attacks. :inti

Regards,
Mobashir
 
horror tournament for babar, should remember what soft shots he's played to get out, use that to become more proactive as a batsman, and just forget about the tournament.
 
Who would have thought that Babar Hayat will end this tournament with a better average than Babar Azam? A totally forgettable tournament for the big man Babar Azam.
 
He will never be a match winner. His power game doesn't exist at all. His performances were good against SA and Eng when they fielded their third string teams. He always does well against teams like west indies, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh that's it.

Having scored a whopping number of "1" Overseas century in the main farmat of the game anyone with a brain wouldn't call him the best all format batsman.
 
The lone Ranger said:
He will never be a match winner. His power game doesn't exist at all. His performances were good against SA and Eng when they fielded their third string teams. He always does well against teams like west indies, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh that's it.

Having scored a whopping number of "1" Overseas century in the main farmat of the game anyone with a brain wouldn't call him the best all format batsman.
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Hello hatter.
Try to hate less!

Babar is here to stay! These T20 performances were bad, but they won't change the fact that he is the king of batting these days.
 
pillionrider said:
Reading through some of the posts here - the casualness with which some posters dismiss Sachin and Kohli :)))

You people don't realize how hard you make it for Indians who respect Babar to still enjoy him after reading those ridiculous posts.
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Their poor batting culture is the reason their fans overhype every decent batsman they have produced till date.
 
Babar Azam in T20s and ODI is like Hashim Amla. A terrific run accumulator but lacking that 5th gear. Will have amazing stats but will never be called a match winner in white ball formats !

A very good example from the past is Desmond Haynes. He scored 17 ODI centuries - far more than Viv Richards or Gordon Greenridge but was never highly rated
 
Mobashir said:
Hello hatter.
Try to hate less!

Babar is here to stay! These T20 performances were bad, but they won't change the fact that he is the king of batting these days.
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I wish Pakistan gets than 4-5 more kings of Babar's capabilities ðŸ¤*Bradman, Sachin,Vivian,virat all are inferior comapered to babar honestly.
 
NishanKonar said:
Babar Azam in T20s and ODI is like Hashim Amla. A terrific run accumulator but lacking that 5th gear. Will have amazing stats but will never be called a match winner in white ball formats !

A very good example from the past is Desmond Haynes. He scored 17 ODI centuries - far more than Viv Richards or Gordon Greenridge but was never highly rated
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Yes, very good example.
Babar isn't rated that highly either.
People around the world consider that currently the best batsman of the world is ......... ?
 
Mobashir said:
Hello hatter.
Try to hate less!

Babar is here to stay! These T20 performances were bad, but they won't change the fact that he is the king of batting these days.
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I don't think anyone hates Babar. There is nothing to hate - he is a fantastic batsman who is very pleasing to the eye and has a very good attitude towards the game and the opposition.

It is just that delusional Pakistani fans go overboard and overhype him because their talentless country has finally produced a batsman after almost two decades that can play across all formats. Since Mohammad Yousuf's debut in 1997-1998 and Babar's debut in 2015, Pakistan could not produce a single batsman who had the game for all three formats and then deluded fans say Pakistan is blessed with the most talent in the world.

These deluded fans get carried away and try to make Babar something he is not by needlessly comparing him to the likes of Kohli. This is unfair to Babar and puts unnecessary pressure on him because he never asked to be compared to Kohli. Why compare him to someone who is in a different class in terms of ability? Babar can be Babar only, you can be a great player without being as good as Kohli.

As far as the "king of batting" title is concerned, you cannot be the king of batting when you have only 1 Test hundred outside of Asia (for an Asian batsman) in your entire career and it is not a small sample size (22 Tests).

People say Babar is the best batsman in the world in "current form" but "current form" is completely subjective and people use different time periods to support their agenda. They choose a time period that is convenient for them.

For example, if you are a fan of Joe Root you would argue that he is the best Test batsman in the world based on the last couple of years but if you are a critic of Joe Root, you would point out that he had a pathetic series against South Africa and could not handle their quality pacers in testing conditions so he is not the best Test batsman on current form.
 
Hitman said:
Their poor batting culture is the reason their fans overhype every decent batsman they have produced till date.
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Same can be said about your bowling culture hence why when you have 1 decent bowler bumrah you overhype him.
 
shamaan said:
Same can be said about your bowling culture hence why when you have 1 decent bowler bumrah you overhype him.
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i think more than bumrah, the bowling unit is hyped and the stats for past few years show that it is deserved. Excellent at home and decent away. I'll leave your batting analysis to you.
 
shamaan said:
Same can be said about your bowling culture hence why when you have 1 decent bowler bumrah you overhype him.
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And we openly acknowledge that. We are the first ones to poke fun and laugh at the horrible bowlers we have produced in the past.
 
Hitman said:
Their poor batting culture is the reason their fans overhype every decent batsman they have produced till date.
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For all our poor culture we still have produced world class batters. What world class fast bowlers did India produce?
 
Hitman said:
And we openly acknowledge that. We are the first ones to poke fun and laugh at the horrible bowlers we have produced in the past.
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most used to get thrashed around the park all day long.
Thankfully current unit is good though, especially tests.
 
Babar Azam has become the first Pakistani batter to score 2 hundreds in T20Is
 
Best batsman in the world, he keeps on proving it again and again. The naysayers can run back to their caves with their tails between their legs.
 
The King returns.

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Second hundred while chasing 200 targets in T20I's. Well done legend.
You are a legend.
 
Babar is the second fastest batter to smash 8,000 runs in the shortest format of the game. Babar achieved the special feat in 218 innings while Kohli scaled mount 8K in 243 appearances. Babar and Kohli are still behind legendary West Indies opener Chris Gayle who is the quickest batter to 8k runs in the history of the shortest format. The Universe Boss amassed 8,000 runs in just 213 innings.
 
Babar Azam who has two centuries in T20I cricket, is eyeing another massive feat which can pave the way for the star batter to surpass Virat Kohli in the shortest format of the game.

Former Indian captain Kohli is the quickest batter to complete 3,000 runs in the shortest format of the game. Kohli had achieved the feat in 81 innings for Team India.

The 27-year-old has smashed 2,939 runs in 79 innings for the Green Army. Thus, Babar needs to score 61 runs in fifth T20I to upstage Kohli by achieving another massive feat in T20I cricket.
 
Don't worry Champ(Babar) you can get your useless 50 in next game when Wood is not playing. 😜😜😜😜
 
The so called best batter in all formats can play quality spin(Rashid) can't play quality left arm spin & can't play express pace and Pakistani compared him with peak Kohli.
 
ChTab said:
The so called best batter in all formats can play quality spin(Rashid) can't play quality left arm spin & can't play express pace and Pakistani compared him with peak Kohli.
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Forget Kohli. Baber is not even good enough to make into fab 4 club.
 
Babar is pure class, just like Kohli he is making it harder for himself by scoring so prolifically, now the expectations are people expect him to score every match. He makes it into a world XI for each of the formats.
 
Mark Wood embarrassed Babar today and made him look like a tail ender against some real pacy bouncers.

You can't be considered a world class batsman if you look like a tail ender against such bowling.
 
No one deserves a fall from grace but Babar I’m afraid has brought this on himself

At some point, hiding behind the aggressors and risk takers was going to catch up. It has.

He didn’t take accountability of his poor performance as an opener/captain of KK and didn’t demote himself of no.3 but dropped Sharjeel who is the natural T20 opener.

He didn’t take the responsibility of controlling the innings for his side like Smith/Kohli and Williamson do and demoted Fakhar to no.3, a position that isn’t natural to him.

Soon, he will become that non performing captain of this ‘winning side and will have to follow the same fate as Sarfaraz.

What goes around, comes around.
 
Savak said:
Mark Wood embarrassed Babar today and made him look like a tail ender against some real pacy bouncers.

You can't be considered a world class batsman if you look like a tail ender against such bowling.
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Rashid Khan and Adil Rashid have been owning him too
 
Yes, he still is.

Pakistan fans have a habit of going over the top while praising and criticising a player.

Some here are just waiting for an opportunity to have a go at Babar or Rizwan so no surprises there.
 
I think his haters here are forgetting that he sitll is in the top 3 T20i batter today and the ranking is also published today. People are comparing him with Sarfraz.
 
Not to forget, He is the only batsman in the world that has 2 T20I hundreds in 200+ run chase. That too in a winning cause. Wake me up when Kohli does that.
 
Mamoon said:
Utterly clueless against Mark Wood.
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I don't know who the "we" are, but you surely deserves every bit of humiliation you are getting!
 

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heddie19 said:
Not to forget, He is the only batsman in the world that has 2 T20I hundreds in 200+ run chase. That too in a winning cause. Wake me up when Kohli does that.
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Against some club level attacks? Wake me up when he wins two back to back man of the tournament in world cups!

Though he is decent enough to open but too selfish to worry about his team otherwise he would have demoted himself down the order and do what he does best!
 
The lone Ranger said:
Against some club level attacks? Wake me up when he wins two back to back man of the tournament in world cups!

Though he is decent enough to open but too selfish to worry about his team otherwise he would have demoted himself down the order and do what he does best!
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He already was top scorer of last WC and awards? You will seriously judge a batsman on the basis of some biased awards? LOL

Let's not talk about the quality of the bowlers because we all know how Virat scored his only T20 ton. Not to forget bowlers of his double centuries in tests too. Lol.

I am finding too many kohlisons these days.
 
The lone Ranger said:
Against some club level attacks? Wake me up when he wins two back to back man of the tournament in world cups!

Though he is decent enough to open but too selfish to worry about his team otherwise he would have demoted himself down the order and do what he does best!
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He has played just one world cup and was excellent in it. Unanimously in the team of the tournament for someone who lost in the semi final is very good.

I agree that his attacks were against average/good attacks. But what about the attacks Kohli faced in those world cups? Care to give us the Australian line up he scored against in that world cup?
 
The lone Ranger said:
He will be back to form and score massively when teams rest their main bowlers.
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Yes he often does that. 2019 world cup and 2021 T20 world cup are examples of it, right?

You guys are talking like he hasn't played wood before.
They have played each other in 7 ODI'S and Wood has dismissed just once. He has no problem whatsoever. He could have donne what everyone does when there is a 150pkh+ bouncer coming at you and duck under it. He tried to go after it and was caught on the boundary both times. Nothing to ring an alarm about. He will boss Wood and every other fast bowler coming at him in Australian conditions and we all know it.
 
heddie19 said:
He already was top scorer of last WC and awards? You will seriously judge a batsman on the basis of some biased awards? LOL

Let's not talk about the quality of the bowlers because we all know how Virat scored his only T20 ton. Not to forget bowlers of his double centuries in tests too. Lol.

I am finding too many kohlisons these days.
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Lol.. talking about tests and comparing with kohli is hilarious.
Grand total of Babar's OS hundred = 1.

Kohli at age of 26 had 6 test tons in Australia against top quality Aussie pace attack.
 
The greatest limited overs batsmen in the world - of that there is very little doubt.

In terms of ranking a player overall I give 50% importance to Test cricket, 25% to ODI, 25% to T20. To truly cement himself as the best all around batsmen in the world, he needs to continue producing some great Test performances. The talent and ability is there, but belonging to upper echelon of Test batsmen involves scoring massive scores.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
Lol.. talking about tests and comparing with kohli is hilarious.
Grand total of Babar's OS hundred = 1.

Kohli at age of 26 had 6 test tons in Australia against top quality Aussie pace attack.
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2/7 Test tons of Babar overseas. You consider Srilanka a part of sindh?
 
160KPH said:
The greatest limited overs batsmen in the world - of that there is very little doubt.

In terms of ranking a player overall I give 50% importance to Test cricket, 25% to ODI, 25% to T20. To truly cement himself as the best all around batsmen in the world, he needs to continue producing some great Test performances. The talent and ability is there, but belonging to upper echelon of Test batsmen involves scoring massive scores.
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I like this criteria. I value ODI more than T20is though.
 
I actually would have agreed until about a year or two ago. Sadly it seems that the importance of ODI’s is dying in people’s minds and T20 is on the rise.

I think we may reach a point where people only care about 2 formats - T20 for the entertainment and Test for the purists.
 
Babar stepping up in the absence of Rizwan. Timing it really well today
 
BABAR AZAM FIRST PAKISTANI TO REACH 3000 T20 international runs. Well done champion. And joint fastest man to make 3000 runs in 81 innings.
 
MenInG said:
Amazing Babar

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Indeed Amazing innings from him today, and great to see him step up today :)
 
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