BABAR AZAM’S PSL 8 (PAKISTAN SUPER LEAGUE 2023) CAREER AND PERFORMANCE
As we all know Babar Azam is the biggest name in Pakistan cricket right now without any doubt, but he is always under criticism because of his Strike Rate issues in this form of the game, here we will take a complete look at Babar Azam’s PSL career till now and how he has fared for the teams he has represented till now …
Pakistani Skipper Babar Azam is playing Pakistan Super League since the first edition and was always rated highly by the former players which he has proved in his career now where he has smashed around 12000 runs in international cricket for his country and averages 50 overall in international cricket with 28 centuries in all formats of the game as well.
Babar Azam has played for two teams till in which he has played for Islamabad United and then Karachi Kings and is now he is picked by Peshawar Zalmi as their captain which is his 3rd team in the Pakistan Super League for which the star Pakistani Batter will play in season 8.
He is a highly skilled batter who can adopt in all conditions and in all formats and that’s why he has scored centuries in all formats for Pakistan and is only one of the three Pakistani Batters who have achieved this record.
But he is yet to score a century in the Pakistan Super League, Babar has also shown wish in a video that he wants to score a century this season and wants to start a new journey with a new team with a bang, even if we leave aside this one record Babar Azam literally owns this tournament, let’s take a look at his batting records and stats;
BABAR AZAM PSL STATS
MATCHES – 68
INNINGS – 66
RUNS – 2413
FIFTIES – 23
AVERAGE – 42
STRIKE RATE – 122
HS – 90
BABAR AZAM’S RECORDS IN PSL:
- MOST RUNS IN HBL PSL HISTORY
- HIGHEST AVERAGE IN PSL HISTORY
- MOST FIFTIES IN HBL PSL HISTORY
- MOST FOURS IN HBL PSL HISTORY
- MOST BALL FACED IN HBL PSL HISTORY
- SECONG HIGHEST RUNS EVER SCORED IN A SINGLE SEASON
- HANIF MOHAMMAD CAP WINNER
- PLAYER OF THE FINAL 2020-21
- PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT 2020-21
BABAR AZAM’S RECORD FOR KARACHI KINGS:
Pakistani Captain Babar Azam has played 66 matches for Karachi Kings out of those 64 matches he has played in PSL and in which he has amassed 2398 runs at an average of 44 and scored 23 fifties for Karachi in these matches including that famous knock of 50+ in the final of Pakistan Super League vs Lahore Qalandars to crown Karachi the champions of PSL singlehandedly.
He was the leading run scorer of that season with 473 runs at an average of 59 – not only this he was the player of the match for Kings in the Qualifier for the final as well as the player of the match in the final of Pakistan Super League, Babar clean swept all awards in PSL 2020 with winning the PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT as well which shows us his class and temperament in clutch matches.
