How Special is Babar Azam?
BEST EVER ODI AVERAGE
That average of 56.78 is the second best average ever in ODI cricket; and if you exclude associate nations, then Babar Azam currently has the best ever ODI average of all time.
Among these 10 batsmen with the best ODI averages of all time, Babar has the third best strike rate, behind the magnificent AB de Villiers and very marginally behind the great Virat Kohli.
For Babar to be spoken of in the same breath as ABD and Kohli, he will have to sustain this performance and average for at least another 100 ODIs.
With the start he has achieved, I do not have any doubts that in about 5 years time, Babar’s ODI record will be very similar to that of ABD, Kohli, and Amla.
PHENOMENAL AT NUMBER 3
Out of his 25 ODI innings, Babar has played nine at number three and all of his 5 ODI centuries have come from that position.
Why Pakistan even bothers to change his batting order around is beyond me.
He has been phenomenal at number 3. His average of 95.62 at number 3 is the current best ODI average ever from that position.
Among the 10 batsmen with the best ODI averages at number 3, only ABD and MS Dhoni have a better strike rate than Babar Azam’s.
I’ll say it again that in order to be considered one of the best alongside Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root and other star performers at number 3 in ODIs, Babar will have to sustain this performance for another 30-40 odd ODIs.
Pakistan’s team management will have to play its part though, by sustaining with him at number 3.
BEST SRIKE RATE EVER FOR PAKISTAN
There are only two batsmen in all of Pakistan who have a better strike rate than Babar Azam in ODIs – the only and only, Shahid Afridi, and the one who may never play again, Sharjeel Khan.
Never has Pakistan had a batsman like Babar, who scores freely and consistently. Not since Zaheer Abbas, Saeed Anwar, and a young Inzamam Ul Haq anyway.
But even those names (besides Zaheer Abbas) do not feature in the top 10 batting strike rates for Pakistan.
Source: http://www.wellpitched.com/2017/04/how-special-is-babar-azam.html
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