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Pak cricket team captain Babar Azam confirms 19-player squad for West Indies Tests

Posted on August 12, 2021 by News Desk

LAHORE, Pakistan announced a 19-member Test squad for the ICC World Test Championship fixtures against the West Indies. The two-Test series will commence at the Sabina Park on Thursday, August 12. The squad was confirmed by Pakistan captain Babar Azam during his pre-series media conference, […]

Babar Azam attains career-high rating points in ICC ODI Player Rankings

Posted on July 15, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan captain Babar Azam has consolidated his position at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings by attaining career-high rating points, according to the update released by ICC on Wednesday. The update took into account performances in the ICC Men’s […]

Babar Azam voted ICC player of the month for April 2021

Posted on May 10, 2021 by News Desk

LAHORE, Pakistan’s cricket captain Babar Azam won the International Cricket Councils (ICC) Men’s Player of the Month for April 2021, for his consistent and outstanding performances across all formats in the recently concluded series against South Africa and was chosen as the April winner by […]

Younis wants other players to learn from Babar Azam

Posted on April 18, 2021 by News Desk

LAHORE – Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan has said that other players need to learn from Babar Azam, who is on his way to becoming one of the batting greats. Talking to the reporters virtually, Younis said: “Babar Azam is one of the top players […]

Babar Azam becomes number one batsman in ODI

Posted on April 14, 2021 by News Desk

Pakistan cricket captain Babar Azam has become the number one batsman in One-day International (ODI). According to the latest International Cricket Council’s player rankings update, Babar replaced Indian captain Virat Kohli at top of the table with 865 points. He is the fourth Pakistani batsman […]

Babar Azam challenges FIR order in LHC

Posted on March 21, 2021 by News Desk

LAHORE – National cricket team Skipper Babar Azam on Saturday challenged Sessions Court’s order of registering case against him in the Lahore High Court (LHC). The skipper through a petition submitted that a Sessions Court had on March 18 ordered Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for registering a […]

ICC T20I rankings: Babar Azam reclaims No.3 spot

Posted on March 18, 2021 by News Desk

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has reclaimed his No.3 spot in ICC T20I rankings for batsmen. The 26-year-old Babar moved to third from fourth after India’s K.L Rahul had a bad outing in the first three T20Is against India. Rahul scored 1,0,0 in three games in Ahmedabad. Meanwhile, […]

Babar Azam joins legendry Pak captains who won debut Test series

Posted on February 9, 2021 by News Desk

LAHORE-After leading the national team to historic Test victory against South Africa on Monday, captain Babar Azam joined an elite club of Pakistan captains, who won their debut Test series. Captain Fazal Mahmood succeeded in winning the West Indies series in 1959 while Mushtaq Mohammad guided his […]

Babar Azam hopes to counter tough South Africa in own conditions

Posted on January 26, 2021 by News Desk

KARACHI – Babar Azam will make his Test captaincy debut on Tuesday against a tough South Africa team that is touring Pakistan for the first time in more than 13 years. Azam has recovered from a thumb injury that kept him out of the two-Test series in […]

Babar Azam ruled out of New Zealand T20Is

Posted on December 13, 2020 by News Desk

LAHORE, : Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been ruled out of New Zealand T20Is after suffering a fracture in his right thumb during today’s, Sunday morning’s practice session. A spokesman of the Pakistan Cricket said here that World’s second-ranked T20I batsman suffered the injury during […]

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