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- Babar Azam is a Pakistani cricketer and current captain of the Pakistan national cricket team As of December 2022, he has played 43 Tests, 92 One Day Internationals (ODIs), and 98 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for Pakistan. He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in an innings) on 27 occasions, scoring 8 centuries in Tests, 17 in ODIs, and 2 in T20Is. Azam made his Test debut in October 2016, and scored his first century two years later when he made 127* against New Zealand at Dubai. His highest Test score of 196 came against Australia in March 2022; his innings was the highest ever score by a captain in the fourth innings of a match and the second-longest innings by a batter in the fourth innings of a Test. Azam has scored Test centuries against five different opponents at five grounds, including three at grounds outside Pakistan. Azam made his ODI debut in May 2015 and scored his first century in the format a year later in 2016, making 120 against the West Indies. This was followed by scores of 123 and 117, making him the third Pakistani batsman and eighth batsman overall to score three consecutive ODI hundreds. In 2022, he scored three consecutive ODI hundreds again, with two centuries against Australia and one against the West Indies, making him the first batsman to do this on two occasions. His highest ODI score of 158 was made against England in July 2021. His ODI centuries, which were scored at thirteen different venues, have come against seven different opponents. He made his T20I debut in September 2016 and has scored two centuries in the format, with the first one coming against South Africa at Centurion. His second century was made against England at Karachi in September 2022, making him the only Pakistani to score more than one T20I century. (en)
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- Babar Azam is a Pakistani cricketer and current captain of the Pakistan national cricket team As of December 2022, he has played 43 Tests, 92 One Day Internationals (ODIs), and 98 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for Pakistan. He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in an innings) on 27 occasions, scoring 8 centuries in Tests, 17 in ODIs, and 2 in T20Is. (en)
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