Pakistan’s all-format captain, Babar Azam, has been the spine of thenational team batting unit over the past few years, and he has managed tobreak several batting records ever since his debut in 2015. His latestcentury in the first ODI against South Africa was a landmark achievement aswell. He became the quickest batsman in the history of ODIs to score 13centuries, taking only 76 innings to achieve the feat.——————————

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His ability to stay on the crease and convert his starts into big scores iswhat makes him one of the best batsmen in the world. His conversion rate ofturning half-centuries into centuries is currently the best in worldcricket.

Babar’s fifty to hundred conversion rate is 44.82. He is closely followedby the English opening batsman, Jonny Bairstow, who has a conversion rateof 44.00.

Let’s have a look at the top 5:*Player* *100s* *Conversion Rate*Babar Azam 13 44.82Jonny Bairstow 11 44.00Virat Kohli 43 40.95Hashim Amla 27 40.91Rohit Sharma 29 40.28——————————

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Babar is already third on the list of most ODI centuries by Pakistanis. Heis only two centuries behind second-placed Mohammad Yousuf, who scored 15ODI centuries in his career. Former opening batsman, Saeed Anwar, leads thecharts with 20 centuries to his name.

Babar will be looking to add to his tally of centuries in the third ODIagainst South Africa. If Babar does manage to score it, he will become thenew number one ODI batsman in the world, surpassing the Indian captain,Virat Kohli, who has held the position since 2017.