Babar Azam: Babar Azam has been consistently criticised for his poor batting, but this time his bat performed well. In the second innings of the third Test against England, Babar Azam batted brilliantly and set a remarkable World Test Championship record.
Although Babar Azam (76 runs) didn’t score a century in this match against England, he certainly achieved a milestone that surpassed Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Babar became only the fourth batsman to score 2,000 runs as captain in the World Test Championship.
England’s Joe Root holds the record for most runs as captain in the World Test Championship. He has scored 3,060 runs in 66 innings. Ben Stokes, also from England, is second with 2,182 runs. Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne has scored 2160 runs as captain, while Babar Azam has now reached fourth place on this list with 2015 runs in 41 innings.
Interestingly, Babar also has the best batting average among the players on this list. He has scored runs at an average of 53.02 in the WTC as captain.
Ahead of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
India’s Virat Kohli is sixth on this list. Kohli has scored 1349 runs in 37 innings as captain in the WTC, while Rohit Sharma has 1254 runs in 42 innings. Babar also has 4 centuries and 24 half-centuries as captain in the WTC. His highest score is 196. This means that under the pressure of captaincy, Babar has managed to anchor Pakistan’s batting on many occasions.
Joe Root Remains Number One
Joe Root currently leads the list with 3,060 runs, but Babar Azam surpassing the 2,000-run mark is a major personal achievement for him. This is especially true because he has surpassed Indian captains like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Rohit and Virat have now retired from Test cricket, so Babar will always remain ahead of them.
