2021 T20 World Cup, date 21st October, when every Indian was left stunned. Pakistan had defeated Team India by 10 wickets in that World Cup match. Babar Azam returned unbeaten after scoring 68 runs and Mohammad Rizwan returned unbeaten after scoring 79 runs. The Indian bowlers were not able to break the opening pair of these two. Veteran cricketer Kevin Pietersen recently asked Babar Azam how he felt after defeating the Indian team. Know what Babar Azam replied on this.

Veteran England cricketer Kevin Pietersen had asked Babar Azam the question of defeating the Indian team on his YouTube channel. Babar said, “Defeating India means a lot to me. When we defeated India in T20, it was one of the best memories of my career. As Pakistan captain, I defeated India in the World Cup match.”

In the same interview, Kevin Pietersen described India vs Pakistan as the biggest rivalry in cricket. On this Babar Azam said, “The level of India-Pakistan match is different.” Let us remind you that after that victory in 2021, Pakistan has never been able to defeat the Indian team in any ICC event.

The popularity of Babar Azam, who defeated India as captain in a World Cup match, started touching the sky and his stature in the Pakistan team also increased. Babar Azam has now become the highest run scorer in T20 International cricket by surpassing Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

On the other hand, the captaincy has now been snatched from Babar Azam. After the poor performance of the Pakistan team under the captaincy of Babar in the 2023 ODI World Cup and 2024 T20 World Cup, he was removed from the captaincy.

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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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Babar Azam’s bad form is not ready to leave him. The first test between Pakistan and South Africa is being played in Lahore, in which Babar was out after scoring only 23 runs. The Pakistan team lost 4 wickets in just 36 runs, due to which the South African team dominated the Lahore Test. Although Shan Masood and Imam ul Haq had put the Pakistan team in a very good position, the African bowlers made a comeback in the match by taking wickets in quick succession.

3 wickets fell without any runs being scored

At one time, Pakistan team had lost only one wicket on the score of 163. Shan Masood and Imam ul Haq had made a partnership of 161 runs for the second wicket. First captain Masood was out on the score of 76. Imam ul Haq and Babar Azam had added 36 runs, but when the team score was 199 runs, Babar Azam was out on the score of just 23 runs.

With the score of 163/1, Pakistan’s position had become 199/5. Saud Shakeel became the victim of a golden duck, while Imam Ulhaq was out after scoring 93 runs. The situation was such that Pakistan’s third, fourth and fifth wickets fell at the score of 199. Pakistan team lost 3 wickets without scoring any runs.

Test century did not come from 3rd

It has been almost 3 years since Babar Azam scored a century in a test match. His last century in Test cricket came against New Zealand in December 2022. After that, Babar has not been able to score any century in 27 innings. During this period he has scored only 3 half-centuries.

After the Test series against New Zealand in the year 2023, Babar Azam has not even touched the figure of 200 runs in any Test series. Before the start of the Test series against South Africa, Babar Azam had scored a total of 539 runs in 6 Test series.

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Pakistan’s Star Batsman Babar Azam bad for a long time Form Are struggling Because of which he has also lost his hand from Pakistan’s T20 team. There is doubt on Babur’s Asia Cup 2025. It has been more than 700 days since Babur’s bat in international cricket. Babur last scored a century against Nepal in the year 2023 Asia Cup.

Babur’s bad FormDrought of century for almost two years

Babur at this time West Indies Against ODI Series Are playing in West Indies On Sunday in second match against They Could not even open the account. Babur waiting to see a century with the bat Fans Has become even longer for. Babur last scored a century against Nepal in the Asia Cup in the year 2023. After this, he has a total of 29 ODI Have played matches. In which he has scored 929 runs. Babur during this 9th Half -century Are installed

Babur has played 24 T20 matches after this. During this, he has scored 738 runs. But not a single century has come out of his bat. Babur 6 Half -century Are installed There itself Test Babur’s bat has been calm in cricket too. Babur after scoring a century against Nepal 13 Test Have played matches. During this Babur 3 Half -century Has scored 590 runs with the help of Babur’s during this time Best The score is 81.

Babur is out of T20 team

Babur has been out of Pakistan’s T20 team due to poor performance. Babur last time on 2024 December South Africa Was played against T20 match against. since its They T20 has not been able to return to the team. In such a situation, there is also doubt on his playing in the Asia Cup 2025.

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In the second ODI affected by the rain, the West Indies cricket team defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets to equal the series 1-1, now the third match series will be a decisive match. Babar Azam’s poor form continued in this match as well, he could not even open the account. The entire Pakistan team was able to score 171 runs in 37 overs. Under the Duckworth Lewis Rules, the West Indies had a target of 181 in 35 overs to win, which the team achieved with 10 balls.

The West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl first. Saim Ayub and Abdula Shafiq shared a 37 -run partnership for the first wicket, Ayub (23) was dismissed by Zayden Seals. After this, he bowled Babar Azam on a brilliant yorker ball. Could not even understand this ball, he was left watching the ball and his wicket flew away. Playing 3 balls, he returned to the pavilion at zero.

Babar Azam used to give knowledge to Virat Kohli, now a shameful record recorded himself

After his bad form, Babar Azam has dropped several times from T20, there is also suspense on playing in Asia Cup 2025. Not just T20, their bat is not going on continuously in any format. When Azam returned after being dropped from the Test in October last year, he could not even touch the double figure 4 times in 8 innings. He was a bit better in ODIs, but now it is also seen in a bad form.

Babar Azam, who has once given Virat Kohli on his bad form, is now going through a bad phase. After being dismissed for zero against the West Indies, he came second in an unwanted record list. In the last 10 years, he has come second among the batsmen who have been dismissed for zero most times in ODIs in the last 10 years. He has been dismissed for a total of 5 times.

• January 6, 2018 – vs New Zealand
• November 7, 2018 – vs New Zealand
• July 8, 2021 – vs England
• August 22, 2023 – vs Afghanistan
• August 10, 2025 – vs West Indies

Babar Azam could not score a century in the last 71 innings

Babar Azam has played 25 ODIs since the World Cup 2023, during which he has scored 873 runs. His average was 39.68. Azam scored his last international century in the Asia Cup 2023, the match played on 30 August was with the Nepal cricket team. Since then, Azam has played in 71 innings of 63 matches but has not been able to score centuries, in which his highest score was 81.