Shahid Afridi Backs Babar Azam To Score Double-Century In ODIs

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has backed Babar Azam to score a double-century in ODI cricket. While praising Pakistan’s vice-captain after he a century in the second ODI of the series against Sri Lanka, Afridi said that the youngster is capable of scoring a double-century as well.

“I say to Babar Azam I want you to play long innings and you are not just a 50 runs type player, rather you are capable of scoring 100, 150 or 200. You are the backbone of the team and a consistent performer for Pakistan,” he said.

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Babar, right from his debut, has drawn comparisons with greats and has been in great form of late. He had a great run at the World Cup, where he 474 runs at 67.71.

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Babar, in the series against West Indes in 2016, had created history when he scored three back to back centuries. In 71 innings in the 50-over format, he has 3328 runs at 54.55. Recently, he also broke Virat Kohli’s record to become the third quickest batsman to score 11 ODI centuries.

Babar is often compared to Kohli but has a long way to go.

He did not have a great start to his Test career but Babar has been doing well in Tests. In 21 Tests, he has scored 1235 runs at 35.28. Though he has scored only one century which came against New Zealand last year.

He is touted to be Pakistan’s future captain in white-ball cricket and should he emulate his form in red-ball cricket as well, Babar can be their future captain across formats.

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The right-handed batsman kicked off the series against Sri Lanka with a century. Riding on his innings of 115, Pakistan put up a big total of 305 on the board, that the visitors failed to chase.

The two teams are currently playing the third and the final ODI of the series in Karachi. Following the ODIs, the two teams will play a three-match T20I starting October 5.

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