PAK vs AUS: Without Question, I Think Babar Azam Is The Best All-round Batter In the World Right Now – Michael Vaughan

Published - 16 Mar 2022, 10:39 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:05 AM

Michael Vaughan, Babar Azam. (Photo: Twitter)

Former England captain Michael Vaughan has made a huge claim that the Pakistan National Cricket Team captain Babar Azam is the best all-round batter in the world at the moment.

Babar Azam is regarded as one of the best modern-day batsmen across all three formats. The Pakistan skipper is currently the No.1 ranked batsman in the ICC Men’s ODI & T20I Rankings also he is in the eighth spot in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings.

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Meanwhile, in the recently concluded second Test match of the three-match Test series against Australia, where Australia gave a huge target of 506 runs to Pakistan, Babar scored 196 runs off 425 balls, including 21 fours and 1 six.

He came out to bat when Pakistan were at 21/2 and he alongside Abdullah Shafique added outstanding 228 runs together before the latter was dismissed by Pat Cummins. Babar also had an amazing 115 runs partnership with wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan, before getting dismissed by spinner Nathan Lyon in the 160th over of the innings.

Meanwhile, the match ended in a draw as Pakistan were able to score 443 for 7 in the last innings, which is the sixth-highest fourth-innings total of all time.

Brilliant across all the formats – Michael Vaughan on Babar Azam

Michael Vaughan on Rohit Sharma — Photo Credit: (Twitter)

Michael Vaughan was highly impressed with the performance of the Pakistan captain and he took to Twitter to label him as the best all-round batter in the world. He stated:

“Without question I think @babarazam258 is the best all round Batter in the World right now .. Brilliant across all the formats ..#PAKvAUS.”

Without question I think @babarazam258 is the best all round Batter in the World right now .. Brilliant across all the formats .. #PAKvAUS ..

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 16, 2022

Meanwhile, Babar achieved several major milestones during his terrific knock. He became the first captain in the history of Test cricket to reach the 190 runs mark in the 4th innings of a Test match. His 196 score is the highest score by a captain in the fourth innings of the Test and overall seventh-highest score in the fourth innings of the Test.

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