ISLAMABAD – Young and enthusiastic Pakistani batsman Babar Azam says helooks towards Virat Kohli as his ideal player.
Babar Azam, himself current top T20 international batsman, seems trulyimpressed by the captain of neighbouring country.
“I do not just copy Virat Kohli, but I really follow him. I dream ofbecoming like him. Some people compare me with Virat, while there’s nocomparison as I am just in the beginning. I feel that I cannot be just likehim, but it can be closer to his instinct of playing,” he said.
He said the higher the commitment one has to his training the better hewould perform in matches.
Babar Azam last month topped the ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen,following the conclusion of their series against New Zealand which the 2009ICC World Twenty20 champions won 2-1.
Babar was rewarded for finishing as the leading run-scorer in the series(109 runs) with a rise of 11 places that has put him on top for the firsttime. He now leads Australia’s Aaron Finch (784 points) by two points.
Babar is the second Pakistan batsman to top the T20I rankings afterMisbah-ul-Haq, who had climbed to number-one spot in 2009.