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Babar Azam runs against all teams: Babar Azam runs against each team in international cricket

Dixit Bhargav
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Babar Azam runs against all teams: Babar Azam runs against each team in international cricket

Babar Azam runs against all teams: The Pakistani captain played a gem of an innings under testing circumstances today.

During the second day of the first Test of Pakistan’s tour of Sri Lanka 2022 in Galle, Pakistan captain Babar Azam registered a seventh Test century to bail his team out of trouble under testing circumstances.

Azam, 27, resumed from his overnight score of 1* to score a praiseworthy 119 (244) with the help of 11 fours and two sixes. In what is Azam’s third Test century (most against any opposition) against Sri Lanka, it is his sixth in Asia, fifth at No. 4, second away from home, as captain and in 2022 and first in Sri Lanka.

With Pakistan being reduced to 85/7 at one point in time, a substantial first innings trail was on the cards for the visitors. However, grinding hard from one end, a resolute Azam made it a point to not give up so easily. Primarily known for an amalgamation of technique and patience, the right-handed batter successfully combated a challenge possessed by Sri Lankan spinners.

It is worth mentioning that Azam received strong support from fast bowler Naseem Shah (5*) as the duo hustled together to put together a 185-ball 70-run partnership for the 10th wicket. Nowhere near the highest 10th wicket partnerships in Test cricket, Azam and Shah’s stand was enough for Pakistan to score 218 (only two runs short of Sri Lanka’s first innings total) in 90.5 overs.

Babar Azam runs against all teams (table updates on December 11, 2022)

In addition to a century which will be remembered for a long time, Azam also managed to complete 10,000 runs in international cricket – becoming the fifth-fastest batter to do the same.

TeamInningsRunsHighestAverage10050
Afghanistan41626640.502
Australia36177019655.31511
Bangladesh1453414344.514
England44188715851413
Hong Kong242332100
India925068*31.2501
Ireland3102593401
Namibia170707001
Netherlands42269156.503
New Zealand311236127*47.53210
Scotland166666601
South Africa31128212244.2028
Sri Lanka28118111949.2564
West Indies361676125*54.06511
World XI31798659.6601
Zimbabwe1669312557.7525
Total2631135719649.592776

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Dixit Bhargav

Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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