Babar Azam All Centuries | Pakistani Opener Batsman Babar Azam
Babar Azam is the current captain of the Pakistan national team in all three formats of international cricket and he is considered to be the best batsman not only in Pakistan but in modern-day cricket. It can be said that Babar Azam is the undisputed batting icon and Pakistan has produced one of the highest-ranked players in the history of their cricket.
At present, Babar Azam’s total number of centuries in international cricket is 31. It is expected that he will break many records based on the continuation of his centuries.
Babar Azam has impressed everyone with his excellent batting on the pitch and has also received praise from the opposition players. Statistics will be just one factor in describing Babar Azam’s batsman’s skills.
Many believe that Babar Azam will break many great records of cricket and end his career with more centuries than any other Pakistani player.
Babar Azam Centuries- Tests
Babar Azam has scored nine centuries in the longest format of the game. Babar Azam has scored 3772 runs in 49 Tests at an average of 47.74. Including 9 Test centuries and 26 half-centuries in the longest format.
He scored 196 runs against Australia in the Karachi Test, which forced Pakistan to draw on the fifth day. Out of his nine Test centuries, he has scored three against Sri Lanka. Two against Australia and New Zealand, one each against Bangladesh and England.
Babar Azam centuries - ODI
Babar Azam’s number of centuries in ODIs is 19. Babar Azam has scored 5353 runs in 104 ODIs at an average of 59.47. Apart from 19 centuries, Babar Azam has also scored 28 half-centuries for Pakistan in ODIs.
Babar Azam became the fastest batsman to complete 15 ODI centuries in 83 innings. Surpassing former South African batsman Hashim Amla.
Babar Azam is also the second fastest batsman to complete 4000 ODI runs. His feat in 82 innings is one behind Amla, who played 81 innings to achieve the same score.
After scoring his 17th ODI century against the West Indies in June 2022. He became the first ODI batsman to score three consecutive centuries on two different occasions.
Babar Azam scored 103 runs against The West Indies, 114 and 105 against Australia. Babar Azam’s first three centuries were scored consecutively against the West Indies in 2016.
Babar Azam centuries- T20I
Babar Azam’s number of centuries in the shortest format of the game is 3. He has scored 3485 runs in 104 T20 innings at a strike rate of 129.88 and is the fourth highest run-scorer overall in T20 Internationals after Martin Guptill (3531), Rohit Sharma (3853) and Virat Kohli (4008). Babar Azam is the only Pakistani player who has scored more than one century in T20.
Babar Azam Centuries by Opponents
Babar Azam has scored centuries in international cricket against seven countries including Australia, England, Zimbabwe, West Indies, South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
He is yet to score a century against India, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Bangladesh and Ireland. Here is the list of Babar Azam’s centuries based on opponents in international cricket.
Babar Azam Centuries by Year
From the point of view of cricket fans, Babar Azam’s graph of centuries year after year looks very interesting. Pakistani batsmen failed to score a single century in their debut year in 2015.
He scored his first century in 2016 and since then there has been no looking back. Star batsman Babar Azam was consistent in recording big scores and became the backbone of the Pakistan cricket team’s batting line-up.
He has scored a maximum of 6 centuries in a year in 2019 and the current year 2022. Let’s hope he crosses the record of 6 centuries in a year or not. Here’s babar azam’s list
