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What is Babar Azam's current market value in the IPL?

Rana said:
Here comes the Indians who never want to see Pakistanis do good [MENTION=148401]ILcricket[/MENTION]
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It just seems it's more about Pakistanis who can't handle the truth, you can cry about it however much you want, but babar isn't going to be a big ipl draw most likely a back up guy, afridi kid, Hasan Ali and Amir on the other hand can easily fetch a million $$$.
 
Rana said:
No it was not the same. SA are leading by 42 runs only here, it was Babar's effort that caused this. Pandya would eventually get dropped in the current Pakistan team, he is very talented and has an x factor but severely overyhyped even though he isnt the finished article yet.
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Sure, but all the post was doing was comparing Pandya's innings in that particular game vs Babar's innings in this particular game.
 
I think his fair value would be round about $ 400 to 500 K but auctions can get tricky, if there are 2 teams who are going to go for green or spinning tracks and need a overseas batsman for stability and not strike rate then he can even get 1.2 or 1.5 million in a bidding war....

But it has a low chance, if I was a investor and had to choose then I would choose Shaheen Afridi for top dollars
 
I see many people in this forum who has issues handling a different view.

Here in case of OP, he asked a question but when one showed the technical aspect, he would rather chose to disregard it and put the disc in the loop with the same song.

I don't claim mine is perfect version. But think along that line and you'll see a different aspect of the game.
 
I guess Babar’s value in IPL doesnt matter as Pakistan is barred from the league anyways.
 
gazza619 said:
I guess Babar’s value in IPL doesnt matter as Pakistan is barred from the league anyways.
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Matters to Babar, I'm sure. How'd you feel knowing that you had a very good chance of earning millions of dollars but can't take advantage of it
 
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HitWicket said:
Eh? Mills is a sure starter in county T20 cricket and selected in multiple T20 leagues around the world?
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I believe he played for Sussex this year (I’m not sure tbh) but he’s definitely lost that stock and IPL hype
 
hadi123 said:
Who cares? He will never play in the IPL and I don't even think that's a bad thing. Logic doesn't always apply to these franchises anyway. Why has this thread gone into the third page.
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These leagues are a multimillion dollar industry. They do more research than you can imagine.
 
Joe Root is by all accounts a more accomplished T20 batsman and he went unsold. That's a big clue.
 
It’s kinda sad that people don’t know how rankings work.
If you play with a lower rank team then you get way less points compared to playing with good teams.
Also it is about the contribution u make to the match.
So if u play 10 matches against Ireland and u score century in all of them it will still be worth less than scoring 4-5 fifties in 10 t20is against a good, high ranked team.
 
Are u sure?
Joe root has scored less runs than Babar in the same amount of matches with a minimal strike rate
 
a_tahir said:
It’s kinda sad that people don’t know how rankings work.
If you play with a lower rank team then you get way less points compared to playing with good teams.
Also it is about the contribution u make to the match.
So if u play 10 matches against Ireland and u score century in all of them it will still be worth less than scoring 4-5 fifties in 10 t20is against a good, high ranked team.
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Also if you miss a t20I match against any team you lose 2% of your points. For example if a batter like VK has 900 points in t20 ranking and he rest for a 3 t20 series he will be at 847 points.
 
a_tahir said:
It’s kinda sad that people don’t know how rankings work.
If you play with a lower rank team then you get way less points compared to playing with good teams.
Also it is about the contribution u make to the match.
So if u play 10 matches against Ireland and u score century in all of them it will still be worth less than scoring 4-5 fifties in 10 t20is against a good, high ranked team.
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The only thing you need to know about the T20 rankings is that there is so little of them played that none of it matters.
 
whatever his value is should be discounted by 7.5% for being related to the Akmals.
 
JattMaula said:
Also if you miss a t20I match against any team you lose 2% of your points. For example if a batter like VK has 900 points in t20 ranking and he rest for a 3 t20 series he will be at 847 points.
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*3 match T20I series
 
Reading some comments from parosis makes you understand why Pakistan is languishing a ring below the top cricket playing nations.. The knowledge about basic cricketing abilities and simple economics is appalling.

Is Babar a good player? Yes no one will deny that
Will Babar be picked by an IPL side? Probably yes
Will he get top bucks? No
Why?

Simple because in IPL you can only start 4 foreign players. If IPL was like English premier League then Babar would have fetched good money but since there is reservation he won't.

Fakhar Zaman or sharjeel khan on the other hand would have fetched good money.
 
Not much to be honest. There are too many batsmen available from domestic soures to invest big for him.

Babar has a T20I stats like 50/125 - for PAK team, more than 125, that 50 is extremely critical because without that half of the games PAK won’t finish 20 overs, hence his T20I batting ranking is so high and rightly so. In IPL, more than 50, he’ll be judged more for him 125 and I don’t thinks it’s enough for top dollars.

I am sure if it was open for PAK players, Sharjeel definitely and may be FZ aslo would have been higher paid players. I dare to say, Indian teams do know about batting - Umar & Maqsood probably will be sold earlier than Babar, who might go unsold. Root was unsold as well.
 
Big six hitters like Chris Lynn get good market value. Maxwell went for 1 million not long ago. Routine accumulators don't get attraction. Within the same England side Stokes/Buttler get more attention than Joe Root.
 
He would be one of the top picks for sure. Not just for his batting but also the revenue he would generate from all of Pakistan tuning in to watc him bat. Not to mention merchandise that could be sold...and other marketing ways I cannot think of right now..
 
IPL attacks are stronger than this SA attack, even RCB have Chahal and Southee.

That said, Babar would go for about 400k.
 
Who cares? He was been consistently the best batsmen in the world according to the ICC.
 
Rana said:
He was number 1 T20 batsman when this thread was made, he is still the number one today!
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His ranking was not under question, his ability to score at a quicker pace was, one innings doesn't change that, 4-5 such knocks in psl and then we can discuss this again.
 
Rana said:
He was number 1 T20 batsman when this thread was made, he is still the number one today!
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No one outside of Pakistan cares about T20I's.

As pointless as the top 3 having an average of 50+ in ODIs by bashing Zim.

Babar's batting in SA tests >>> anything he has done in T20Is
 
Rana said:
He was number 1 T20 batsman when this thread was made, he is still the number one today!
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Looks like you don't watch IPL much. Teams need impactful players at the top that can bat at a pace a lot more than the required rate because PP overs need runs at a much higher rate

This was Babar's best T20 Innings and he still was just at the required rate. He played 9.4 overs and scored 90. It was par for a 189 target.

There is no role for anchors in IPL
 
rhony said:
Looks like you don't watch IPL much. Teams need impactful players at the top that can bat at a pace a lot more than the required rate because PP overs need runs at a much higher rate

This was Babar's best T20 Innings and he still was just at the required rate. He played 9.4 overs and scored 90. It was par for a 189 target.

There is no role for anchors in IPL
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Yes Ok
 
Sin Nombre said:
No one outside of Pakistan cares about T20I's.

As pointless as the top 3 having an average of 50+ in ODIs by bashing Zim.

Babar's batting in SA tests >>> anything he has done in T20Is
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Bingo. His ODI batting SR improved a lot too. His T20 SR as an opener is ok. He is great in Pakistani setup though as they need an anchor at the top. Other teams rarely lose 10 wickets in 20 overs
 
Babar became top ranked only after Kohli stopped playing t20s regularly. Kohli was number one until he stopped giving importance to t20s and gettin rested..This is not to diminish Babar but he is not in the same league as Kohli..Lastly IPL values only match winning performances...not match losing performances.
 
Oxfordchamp said:
Babar became top ranked only after Kohli stopped playing t20s regularly. Kohli was number one until he stopped giving importance to t20s and gettin rested..This is not to diminish Babar but he is not in the same league as Kohli..Lastly IPL values only match winning performances...not match losing performances.
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How is it Babar’s fault that he is stuck with a batsman like Talat at the other end as compared to Miller? That’s what IPL does, it gives him the missing pieces of the puzzle and watch he would be a match winner
 
Babar probably would be picked for around 150k-200k tops, doesn't bring anything new to the table, IPL has tons of domestic accumulators already who can do more or less the same job without wasting a foreign quota.
 
Rana said:
How is it Babar’s fault that he is stuck with a batsman like Talat at the other end as compared to Miller? That’s what IPL does, it gives him the missing pieces of the puzzle and watch he would be a match winner
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Both of them slowed during middle overs resulting in runrate pressure towards the end and that resulted in collapse and ultimately loss..
 
Rubbish thread. Looks like all indians on the virtue of IPL fans are automatic financial experts too. LOL. Who cares about IPL value, Pakistanis dont play in IPL.
 
Rana said:
Unkowns like Junior Dala and Hendricks actually get IPL contracts
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Dala wasn't drafted and was a substitute. Hendricks went for 70k.

I said Babar would get 400k.

Why do you feel it is not enough for his current talents.
 
Rana said:
How is it Babar’s fault that he is stuck with a batsman like Talat at the other end as compared to Miller? That’s what IPL does, it gives him the missing pieces of the puzzle and watch he would be a match winner
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You nailed it!!! That's the problem right there. He needs support. If he had the support, would he be a more impactful player? I think so. Would IPL owners and scouts look at his numbers and identify that as the biggest problem? Maybe. Will they pay him a million dollars? No. Batsmen typically don't get that much unless someone is multifacted or explosive or Australian.
 
Oxfordchamp said:
Both of them slowed during middle overs resulting in runrate pressure towards the end and that resulted in collapse and ultimately loss..
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How is that even true? Babar smashed Pehlukwayo for a six and then 3 boundaries to Shamsi. He was looking to hit a boundary every ball when Pak were struggling
 
Oxfordchamp said:
Both of them slowed during middle overs resulting in runrate pressure towards the end and that resulted in collapse and ultimately loss..
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Also it is always difficult for new batsman to start hitting on that surface..that's why it was important for one of them to stay till end..
 
Sin Nombre said:
Dala wasn't drafted and was a substitute. Hendricks went for 70k.

I said Babar would get 400k.

Why do you feel it is not enough for his current talents.
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About Dala, I was bluffing...he got an IPL contract lol ?!?!?!?

I wasn’t referring to Reza Hendricks, that guy is class! The bowler Hendricks is pretty ordinary. If he got some sort of deal then that nullifies this argument that investors would not waste money on ordinary foreign talent. These guys (and Morris plus Phehlukwayo) are nowhere near good enough to bowl to Babar on flat decks
 
he loses matches for his team by playing selfishly , so he won't be picked.
 
Chokli said:
Nah, he is a gun batsman.
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Good but not gun. Not yet. He plays the PP overs. Remember that. His scoring rate should be more than the RR. However, he's absolutely priceless for Pak setup.
 
Chief Destroyer said:
Better than all of India except one batsman.
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That's exactly where the problem is. You look at runs scored. That's not the entire criteria in T20. Rohit might have an average less than Babar but he would be in everybody's 11 because he has that capacity to explode as he showed in Eng series. Compare him to his peers not just by rune scored but also SR in the PP overs and how they explode once set
 
rhony said:
That's exactly where the problem is. You look at runs scored. That's not the entire criteria in T20. Rohit might have an average less than Babar but he would be in everybody's 11 because he has that capacity to explode as he showed in Eng series. Compare him to his peers not just by rune scored but also SR in the PP overs and how they explode once set
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Rohit loses more matches than he wins.
 
I would like to see Babar hit the gym for a period. He still lacks a little bit of power especially when hitting spinners. All top T20 can hit spinners for 6's and Babar cant.
 
After Kohli and Rohit, Babar will be the 3rd best/highest paid player.

Maybe even 2nd highest.
 
boomboomcheema said:
How much does a Pure Batman like Babar from other country get in IPL? Any names?
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He is similar to Amla and Root and better than Williamson. The first two are unsold. Williamson is in the team because of captaincy. Also SRH is somewhat similar to Pak. Good bowling attack with a fragile batting lineup. They need Kane to play anchor and help score minimum.guarantee runs.
 
Hawkeye said:
After Kohli and Rohit, Babar will be the 3rd best/highest paid player.

Maybe even 2nd highest.
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If he's an Indian, heck yes. But he's a foreign quotas player. There are only 4 spots in a team. Unless you are AB or Gayle, you don't get that kind of moolah. They need strong hitters and crowd pullers like Warner, AB etc. Amla played in IPL before and he was sold for 300k I think
 
Who cares?
The ipl is dead anyways.
Money is the only reason that people go there. Such boring matches.
 
Hawkeye said:
After Kohli and Rohit, Babar will be the 3rd best/highest paid player.

Maybe even 2nd highest.
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Either you should be a superstar with personality like KP or you should be a super entertainer with bat (hitting big sixes for fun, changing games on its head. Also playing well against India will boost your image a lot. I cannot believe some moronic franchise decided to pay 7.2 crores for Sam Curran for his test winning performance. I understadn paying 5 crores to Carlos Brathwhite. It is pure luck. Suddenly after exhausting all the options rat race begins. Some guy gets lucky.
 
a_tahir said:
Who cares?
The ipl is dead anyways.
Money is the only reason that people go there. Such boring matches.
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The IPL is only growing in popularity and I won't be surprised if leagues are the main format of cricket within 10 years. The audience doesn't watch it because of the money since you don't get paid for watching it.

If the IPL is dead, then so are tests and ODIs (considering they have lesser viewership).
 
Slim said:
Rubbish thread. Looks like all indians on the virtue of IPL fans are automatic financial experts too. LOL. Who cares about IPL value, Pakistanis dont play in IPL.
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Everything we discuss here on this website is rubbish and pointless...have you ever thought of it that way?
 
a_tahir said:
Who cares?
The ipl is dead anyways.
Money is the only reason that people go there. Such boring matches.
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I guess you don't realize that if IPL was boring it wouldn't be making the boatloads of money that it makes.
 
Chokli said:
Babar would get close to a million USD
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Seeing his performance today, I am inclined to agree. Needs to increase his strength and be able to hit sixes, then he would get even more.
 
Sin Nombre said:
IPL attacks are stronger than this SA attack, even RCB have Chahal and Southee.

That said, Babar would go for about 400k.
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I will be extremely surprised if Babar gets sold for less than $1.25 Mill USD in IPL (if that ever happens)

He is 100 times talented than overpriced Aus and Eng T20 players
 
Slim said:
Rubbish thread. Looks like all indians on the virtue of IPL fans are automatic financial experts too. LOL. Who cares about IPL value, Pakistanis dont play in IPL.
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But Pakistani players do dream about IPL riches!! :D
 
If.. & only if Babar can play these fast innings 4-5 time in intl. T20 I think he will be sold not less than 2Crore Indian Rupees.
 
I would say 2-2.5 cr, as some teams need accumulator who can up strike rate Later on plus hold the batting.
 
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