Pakistan cricket workforce captain Babar Azam celebrated his 29th birthday upon reaching the lodge in Bengaluru for his or her match towards Australia scheduled to be performed in M Chinnaswamy Stadium on October 20.
Within the video posted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Babar — who’s at present the top-ranked one-day worldwide (ODI) batter on this planet — will be seen slicing the cake as fellow teammates and assist employees clap for the Inexperienced Shirts skipper.
Earlier at the moment, a video of pacer Hasan Ali’s daughter presenting Babar Azam with a bucket of flowers on his 29th birthday surfaced. He thanked the little lady by hugging her.
After making his debut towards Zimbabwe in 2015 in Lahore, Babar has modified the fortunes of Pakistan cricket because the workforce which was recognised because of their batting failures has now become a match-winning outfit.
Calling Azam the important thing to Pakistan’s success within the current previous wouldn’t be flawed on any stage as he not solely led this aspect to primary rank in ODIs but in addition carried out persistently with the bat — with many information damaged and a few nonetheless to interrupt.
It was additionally beneath his captaincy Pakistan turned the number-one workforce in ODI cricket for the primary time in historical past.
Till now, the 29-year-old represented Pakistan in 264 matches over all three codecs and has amassed a complete of 12,731 runs at a powerful 49.15 common.
He’s additionally one of many only a few batters on this planet to have a century in all three codecs. His excessive rating in Take a look at cricket is 196, which got here towards the mighty Australia as he stood until the final day and helped Pakistan keep away from a defeat in March 2022.
His excessive rating in ODI is 158, which he scored towards England in July 2021 in Birmingham. In T20I, his highest rating is 122, which got here towards South Africa in April 2021.
