Pakistan’s all-format captain, Babar Azam, is already regarded as one ofthe finest batsmen in world cricket and he is also on course to becomingone of the finest batsmen ever produced by the country. He has alreadybroken many national and international batting records and is set toachieve yet another international record.——————————
As Babar reached double figures in the first ODI against South Africa, heneared the record for registering a double-figure score in consecutiveinnings twice. Out of his 76 ODI innings, Babar has registered a singlefigure score only 9 times.
This was the second time Babar has scored double figures in 26 consecutiveinnings. The only two other batsmen to score double figures twice in moreconsecutive innings are former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper batsman, KumarSangakkara and legendary Pakistan middle-order batsman, Javed Miandad.——————————
Sangakkara scored a double-figure score in 27 consecutive innings twice andMiandad achieved the feat for 29 innings consecutively twice.
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One of the key aspects to be considered as a great of the game is to put inconsistent performances over a long period of time. Babar has been one ofthe star players in international cricket and has scored runs consistentlyregardless of the conditions. He has scored 3,580 runs at an average of55.93, including 12 centuries and 15 half-centuries.
