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Babar Azam is compared to the world’s great cricketer Virat Kohli. Although many veterans believe that Virat is much larger than Azam and is ahead in terms of records, so they should not be compared. Former Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad also believes that both of them should not be compared, although he believes that it increases the pressure on Babur.
In an interview, Shahzad Ahmed said that such comparison increases the non -Nearly pressure on the players, it is clearly visible in Babar Azam’s recent performance. They believe that this comparison is also unfair.
What did Shahzad say to compare Babar Azam with Virat Kohli
He said, “When everything was right, you were running a campaign comparing players. Now that he is not in form, you are saying that do not compare 2 players. Virat Kohli cannot be compared to anyone in the world. He is a legendary player of generation, ideal.”
He further said, “You cannot even compare him to MS Dhoni. Dhoni has undoubtedly been a great captain, but Kohli is alone as a batsman, cricketer and an athlete. No one should compare anyone, it is not right and doing so makes additional pressure on the players. This is clearly seen in Babar Azam’s recent form.”
Babar Azam did not hit any international century for 2 years
The possibility of playing Babar Azam in the upcoming Asia Cup is negligible. He has not played a single T20 match this year, PCB is continuously dropping him. It has been almost 2 years since he scored an international century. Babar Azam scored the last international century against Nepal in 2023. In the last match of the West Indies ODI series, which ended today, he was able to score only 9 runs, before that he could not even open an account in the second ODI.
International career of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam
Talking about Virat Kohli, he retired from this format after winning the T20 World Cup 2024, after which he also said goodbye to the Test. Now Virat Kohli only plays ODI format. India’s next ODI series is against Australia.
Virat Kohli
- Test: 9230 runs, 30 centuries and 31 half -centuries in 123 matches
- T20: 14181 runs, 51 centuries and 74 half -centuries in 302 matches
- ODI: 4188 runs, 1 century and 38 half -centuries in 125 matches
Babar Azam
- Test: 4235 runs, 9 centuries and 29 half -centuries in 59 matches
- T20: 6291 runs, 19 centuries and 37 half -centuries in 134 matches
- ODI: 4223 runs, 3 centuries and 36 half -centuries in 128 matches