A detailed look at Babar Azam captaincy record across all cricketing formats as well as the team record under his leadership
Babar Azam has developed into one of the world’s best cricketers after making his debut in 2015. He was appointed captain for Pakistan’s tour of Australia in 2019, but the choice was criticised by many, who thought it would harm Babar Azam’s batting career.
Babar Azam Captaincy Record In All Cricket Format And Stats As Captain In ODI, T20 And Test Matches
Babar not only established himself to be a brilliant batter but also a solid leader shortly after taking over as captain, and the PCB chose to name him skipper for One-day Internationals. Pakistan won five ODIs during his first stint as captain, winning five out of 14 matches. In January 2021, the PCB decided to extend the captaincy job to the Test format, and Babar was chosen captain of the Pakistan squad in all formats. Let’s try to find out Babar Azam’s captaincy records across all formats.
Babar Azam’s captaincy record in all formats
Total matches as a captain: 90
Won: 56
Lost: 26
Win%: 62
Under Babar Azam’s captaincy, Pakistan has managed to win nine games against South Africa, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and has won eight games against West Indies.
Babar Azam’s ODI captaincy record
Total matches as captain: 18
Won: 12
Lost: 5
Tied: 1
Win%: 66
Babar Azam’s T20I captaincy record
Total matches as captain: 59
Won: 36
Lost: 18
No result: 5
Pakistan defeated South Africa five times, the West Indies four times, Bangladesh seven times, Zimbabwe five times, and Australia and India twice. Pakistan ends their World Cup losing streak to India under his captaincy. In the T20 world cup in 2021, Pakistan defeated India by ten wickets thanks to superb batting bowling by Shaheen Afridi and sensible batting by Babar and Rizwan.
Babar Azam’s Test captaincy record
Total matches as captain: 13
Won: 8
Lost: 3
Draw: 2
Under his leadership, Pakistan defeated South Africa, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe handily, and in the fourth innings, Pakistan scored 344 runs against Sri Lanka, the second-highest total against Sri Lanka.
Total series won under Babar Azam’s captaincy
Pakistan has managed to win sixteen series while losing eight series while Babar Azam has served as captain.
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