The Pakistan cricket team is hoping to end its seven-year ICC trophy drought with the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Having lost to England in the final of the last T20 World Cup, the Men in Green are determined to go all the way.
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All eyes will be on captain Babar Azam and his partner in crime Mohammad Rizwan. Honestly, they’re two of the cornerstones of the most consistent team we’ve had in years.
But which of these two batting mavericks is the real star of the Pakistan cricket team? sporting news Let’s take a look at the stats across all formats over the past two years.
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How have Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan performed across formats since 2022?
Let’s take a look at the stats of Babar-Rizwan duo across all formats from 2022 onwards.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in Tests from 2022 onwards:
player | match | inning | Run | average | S.R. | 50s | 100’s | H.S. |
Babar Azam | 15 | 28 | 1437 | 51.32 | 54.74 | 7 | Four | 196 |
Mohammad Rizwan | 11 | 20 | 644 | 37.88 | 60.13 | 2 | 1 | 104* |
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in ODIs from 2022 onwards:
player | match | inning | Run | average | S.R. | 50s | 100’s | H.S. |
Babar Azam | 34 | 33 | 1744 | 56.25 | 86.93 | 15 | Five | 151 |
Mohammad Rizwan | 33 | 30 | 1224 | 55.63 | 91.41 | 9 | 1 | 131* |
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan to participate in T20Is from 2022:
player | match | inning | Run | average | S.R. | 50s | 100’s | H.S. |
Babar Azam | 43 | 41 | 1260 | 34.05 | 129.62 | Ten | 2 | 110* |
Mohammad Rizwan | 40 | 38 | 1485 | 49.50 | 126.81 | 14 | 0 | 98* |
While Babar is head and shoulders above Rizwan in Tests, the opposite is true in T20Is, with Rizwan scoring more runs in shorter innings and averaging more. In ODIs, Babar has scored 520 runs more than Rizwan, but their averages are very similar.
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