By Admin 
Babar Azam’s bad form continues, he was out after scoring only 29 runs in the first ODI against Sri Lanka. This was the 83rd consecutive innings in international cricket when Babar could not score a century. There was a similar phase in Virat Kohli’s career when he could not score a century in international cricket for 83 innings.
Batsman who took most innings to score a century
Babar Azam’s last century in international cricket came against Nepal in Asia Cup 2023. Babar Azam and Virat Kohli have now jointly come to second place with 83 innings among the players who have played the most number of innings between any two century innings. At the top of this list is the name of Sri Lanka’s legendary batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, who did not score a century for 88 innings.
Babar Azam has been in very bad shape in the last 6 ODI innings. In 6 ODI innings, he has been able to score only 83 runs, the average being only 13.83. His highest score in the last 6 innings has been only 27 runs.
Talking about Pakistan vs Sri Lanka first ODI match, Pakistan team had scored 299 runs on the basis of Salman Agha’s century and Hussain Talat’s fifty. In the last 10 overs, Pakistan batsmen batted aggressively and added 104 runs.
Babar Azam’s international career
Babar Azam has so far scored 6336 runs in his career of 137 ODI matches. He has 4366 runs in his name in 61 test matches. Apart from this, Babar Azam has scored 4302 runs in his career of 131 T20 matches. He has also scored 31 centuries and 104 half-centuries in his international career.
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