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

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.