WHICH BAT BABAR AZAM USES? BABAR AZAM’S BATS DETAILS

The all-format captain of the Pakistan cricket team Babar Azam as we all know is one of the top superstars of world cricket as a world-class batter, one main thing that everyone notices is the sticker which is displayed on your bat and what type of bat he uses to play those exquisite cover drives, Babar Azam has played with three different bats since the start of his international career and those bats are X Power Bat by MIDS, followed by that sleek H.S 41 bats and nowadays he is using the classy bats named as Super Nova & Hyper Nova cricket bats by Gray-Nicolls.

• The first bat that Babar Azam used at the start of his career was the X Power bat, Babar Azam played with this bat for a long time when he was playing U-19 cricket but after that, he used that bat just for some time when he was establishing himself as a player in Pakistan team so he used it for a year or two at the start.

• After that he changed his bat to an H.S cricket bat and this bat was used by many Pakistani cricketers, even at that time the current star all-rounder Muhammad Hafeez used to play with these HS bats, he used this bat for a  long time in his international career till 2020 when the world had to face COVID pandemic and there was no cricket going on, this bat was made in Pakistan and also had special Babar Azam signatures featured bats available for the fans around the world.

• The most stylish and classiest bats which Babar Azam uses till date are the bats by Gray-Nicolls and the Pakistani captain has been using this bat for a long time now, he made a partnership with this company in 2020 and since then all the runs he has scored in his professional or international cricket are from the willow of these stylish super nova bats.

BABAR AZAM BAT PRICE OF X POWER:

The estimated price as per media reports, of the first bat he used at the start of his career, the price of this bat is calculated to be around 10000 PKR which can be changed due to market fluctuations.

BABAR AZAM BAT PRICE OF HS 41:

The bat Babar Azam used at the start part of his international career was the Pakistani made HS 41 bat and these bats are available at the base price of around 40000 or above.

BABAR AZAM BAT PRICE OF GRAY NICOLLS:

The bat which Babar Azam is using in international cricket even now is the bat made by English Willow and is specially prepared for Babar Azam for his international tours, he uses different bats on different tours of Pakistan but the base price expected of this bat which is used by Babar Azam since 2021 is estimated to be around 100,000+ and it can vary with the weight and style of that bat. These bats are definitely expensive but these are as premium as any of the world’s top bat company produces.

BABAR AZAM BAT PARTNERSHIP WITH GRAY NICOLLS:

Cricket was stopped for a while in 2021 due to the pandemic and that was the time this was announced that babar azam will be using these Hyper Nova cricket bats made by Gray-Nicolls for now on and after that, this company got much-deserved hype in Pakistan as they selected one of the world’s top player as their brand ambassador from Pakistan, Babar Azam that time was the top-ranked batter in all-formats for Pakistan.

• This Hyper Nova 1.3 Gen Bat Which Is Used By The Pakistani Captain Babar Azam Are Specially Made For Babar Azam And Are Sent To Pakistan For His Use, These Bats Also Have A Special Version On Which His Special Number BA56 Is Printed As His Special Recognition Around The World.

• One of the greatest of the game from Pakistan Muhammad Yousuf was also the one who used these Gray Nicolls bats to score tons of runs for his team.

BABAR AZAM BAT BABAR AZAM CONTRACT DETAILS:

Gray Nicolls is a well-established UK based company with is making bats for a long time now, this company made a contract with Babar Azam way back in 2020 that they will supply the kit of the best batsman of the Pakistan team from now on and that contract was penned down.

After that Babar Azam has used this bat for around 2.5 years and now this year in 2023 Gray Nicolls announced that had made a contract extension with the captain of the Pakistan team and this contract extension means that Gray Nicolls will continue providing the best available kits and bats to be captain of the Pakistan team.

• Muhammad Rizwan, Shan Masood, Shadab Khan etc. are the other cricketers from Pakistan who are using Gray Nicolls bats apart from Babar Azam in Pakistan.

• Many of the world’s top players like Babar Azam, Australian players like Shaun Marsh, Mitch Marsh, Cameron Green and David Warner, Aaron Finch, and from New Zealand Darren Mitchell, as well as Kane Williamson is also among the ones who use this Gray Nicolls bats.

• Some future superstars like Harry Brooks and Ollie Pope are also the ones that are signed by Gray Nicolls to use these beautiful cricket bats.

BABAR AZAM BAT DETAILS OF BABAR AZAM’S BATS:

As we all know this Gray-Nicolls bat is a very premium quality bat and is used by the top cricketers of the world, and because this bat is used by some of the world’s finest cricketers we can conclude that the built quality of this bat is definitely awesome and here are some details as well;

• FLAT-FACED BAT, WHICH HELPS YOU IN BRINGING THE FULL FACE  OF THE BAT WHILE PLAYING
• BIG AND LARGE EDGES WHICH HELP YOU EVEN IF YOU DON’T MIDDLE THE BALL
• SEMI OVAL-SHAPED HANDLE, AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT COLORS AND GRIPS
• SQUARE-SHAPED TOE, GIVES BAT A CLASSY SHAPE
• HIGH-PERFORMANCE MAXIMUM GRIP
• LOW BALANCE PICKUP TO GENERATE POWER
• BA56 STICKERS ON HIS SPECIAL BATS

BABAR AZAM BAT WEIGHT OF BABAR AZAM’S BAT:

Although the weight of a bat varies with respect to the bat maker company and even the player who wants different bats for different conditions, but as per the official information by the Gray-Nicolls the bat Babar Azam uses is Hyper Nova 1.3 and the weight of the bat is 2Ib11 – 2Ib12 and this is the official weight of his bat which are made by Gray-Nicolls.