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Babar Azam- the backbone of Pakistan batting line-up

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  The captain of the Pakistani team for all three formats, Babar Azam has been in sensational touch. He performed brilliantly for Pakistan in the T20 format and led Karachi Kings to their maiden Pakistan Super League title. In the concluded T20I series against Zimbabwe played at Rawalpindi, Babar Azam made a match-winning knock of 82 from 55 balls leading Pakistan to a comfortable 6 wickets win chasing 157 runs to win in the opening game played on 7 th November. He continued his impressive form in the 2 nd T20I also. Chasing down a modest total of 135 runs to win, Babar played with positive intent and scored a quickfire 51 off 28 balls with 8 boundaries and 1 six leading Pakistan to an easy 8 wicket win to seal the series. In the final game of the series, Babar dropped down himself giving the youngsters a chance. Pakistan won that game also by 8 wickets. After a 7-month gap, the Pakistan Super League returned with the playoffs game remaining. Babar played under the captainc...

Virat Kohli performance in 2019

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Virat Kohli had another brilliant year of cricket in 2019 across all formats. He is the only Indian to be in top 10 rankings which shows his consistency. After a match winning 85 off 81 balls in the 3 rd ODI match against West Indies, the Indian captain ended the year with 2455 runs. Since 2016, Kohli has finished as the leading run getter across all formats. The Indian captain is currently the number 1 Test and ODI batsman in the world while number 10 th in the latest ICC T20I rankings. Kohli hunger to score big runs and help Team India win matches across all formats. His match winning performances while chasing down targets makes him a special batsman. He is only batsman to average 50 plus in all formats. Here we look at the Virat Kohli performance in 2019 across all formats. 1.        One day internationals Virat Kohli finished as the 2 nd leading run getter in One day internationals behind Rohit Sharma. He played a total of 26 ma...

Babar Azam impressive run in the Natwest T20 Blast 2019

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The number 1 batsman in T20I cricket, Babar Azam continued his impressive run in the Natwest T20 Blast 2019 with a brilliant 102* off 55 for Somerset against Hampshire at County Ground, Southampton on Friday. It was a match in the South Group. Hampshire captain James Vince won the toss and decided to field first. Somerset lost 2 early wickets of Tom Banton and James Hildreth at the score of 37. Opening the innings, Babar Azam took on the attack against Hampshire bowlers with attacking stroke play. It was an amazing batting display by young Pakistani batsman who performed brilliantly in the recently concluded World Cup 2019. Babar reached his half-century off 32 balls and made the batting look easy after reaching his fifty. He and Somerset captain Tom Abell added 113 runs for 3 rd wicket. The young batsman from Pakistan then took on the charge and completed his century with a six off the last ball. He remained not out on 102 off 55 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes. His knock hel...