Babar Azam vs Virat kohli (Carier, Records, Biography, Stats)

Babar Azam vs Virat kohli: Since 2008, Kohli has been playing on the international circuit, but Babar joined him in 2015.

Virat Kohli, a former captain of the Indian cricket team

Virat Kohli, a former captain of the Indian cricket team, dominated the ODI circuit from August 2017 to April 2021. On April 19, 2021, Babar Azam ended Kohli’s 1,258-day run at the top of the ODI batting rankings.
The debate between Babar Azam and Virat Kohli has been hot since the Pakistan captain made his international debut in 2015. As a U-19 player, Babar had attempted to do a lot of what Kohli had done. Despite not winning the U-19 world title like Kohli, Babar appeared destined for greatness.

Babar Azam, a captain of Pakistani cricket team

Kohli had already played more than 150 One-Day Internationals and hit at least 20 tones before Babar played for Pakistan for the first time. Azam became the fastest player to reach 2,000 ODI runs in 2022 after only 47 matches. To reach the milestone, Kohli played 56 games. Here are the statistics of two of cricket’s modern greats.

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli stats

The Indian batter has played 106 T20 internationals, while Babar has played only 83. The best way to compare the two is this. To date, the first player has scored 3,597 runs in these games, an average of 50.66 runs per game. Babar, on the other hand, has scored 2,903 runs, averaging 43.33.

Despite playing more T20I matches than Pakistan, Kohli has kept his average above 50. Neither Kohli nor Babar has hit a century, but Kohli has hit 32 half-centuries while Babar only has 26.
We can also compare Babar Azam to Virat Kohli in other ways since we’re talking about numbers. In the history of the format, Kohli is one of only six players to score more than 12,000 runs. So far, he has scored 12,344 runs. In just 251 games, he reached 12,000 runs the fastest.

Kohli still reigns supreme in Test cricket. As a result, he has scored 8,074 runs in 102 Tests, while Babar has scored 3,122 runs in 42 Tests. Additionally, Kohli is the fastest player to reach 7,000 runs in the longest form of the game. In just 81 matches, he accomplished this faster than anyone else.
In terms of centuries, Kohli is way ahead of Babar. His 71 international centuries are more than Babar’s 25 tons, which is the record for all types of cricket.

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli captaincy record

Things start to get interesting here. Babar has scored 1,429 runs in just 40 innings since he was named Pakistan’s T20I captain in 2019. In this time, the Pakistani batter has hit 16 half-centuries and a century.

Kohli’s T20I captaincy lasted from 2017 to 2021. Kohli scored 1,570 runs in 50 T20I matches as captain, averaging 47.57 and striking out 140.55 times.
As captain, Babar Azam has a 29-11 record in 45 Twenty20 Internationals. As captain, Kohli won 30 of 50 T20Is, losing 16.

With Kohli as captain, India won 40 Tests, lost 17 and drew 11. Only 13 times has Babar captained the Test team, winning eight and losing three.

During his 18 matches as Pakistan’s 50-overs captain, Babar has won 12 and lost 5. On the other hand, Kohli has led India to 65 wins and 27 losses in 95 ODIs.

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