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Babar Azam

Babar Azam
Personal information
Full name Mohammad Babar Azam
Born (1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 22)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Top order batsman
Relations Kamran Akmal (cousin)
Adnan Akmal (cousin)
Umar Akmal (cousin)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 222) 13 October 2016 v West Indies
Last Test 3 January 2017 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 203) 31 May 2015 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 26 January 2017 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 56
T20I debut (cap 70) 7 September 2016 v England
Last T20I 27 September 2016 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years Team
2010– Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd
2012–2015 Islamabad Leopards
2016 Islamabad United
2017– Karachi Kings
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC Test
Matches 23 4 26 6
Runs scored 1137 116 1,522 300
Batting average 53.09 116.00 41.13 27.27
100s/50s 4/6 0/2 2/9 0/2
Top score 123 55* 266 90*
Balls bowled 684
Wickets 4
Bowling average 101.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/13
Catches/stumpings 8/– 1/– 14/– 3/–
Source: Cricinfo

Mohammad Babar Azam (born 15 October 1994) is an international Pakistani cricketer who plays in all three formats for Pakistan. Azam captained the Pakistan Under-19 cricket team at the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Azam jointly holds the record for the fastest batsman to reach 1000 ODI runs.

He made his One Day International debut for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in Lahore on 31 May 2015.

He made his Twenty20 International debut for Pakistan against England on 7 September 2016.

On 5 October 2016 he became the third batsman for Pakistan to score hundreds in three successive ODI innings and made most runs (360) in 3 match ODI Series.

He made his Test debut for Pakistan against the West Indies in Dubai on 13 October 2016 and scored 69 runs in his first innings. His debut test match was a day/night test match.

On 19 January 2017, in the third ODI against Australia, Azam became the joint-fastest player to score 1,000 runs in ODIs and the fastest for Pakistan in his 21st innings.


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