Babar Azam
Babar Azam Asia Cup 2023: The phase of league matches in Asia Cup 2023 is over. This means that two of the six teams have been eliminated from the race for the title. Nepal is in Group A and Afghanistan is in Group B. There are now four teams left to play Super 4 matches and one of those teams will win the cup this time. The first Super 4 match between Pakistan and Bangladesh will be played today at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam is on the verge of setting a new record, which he can set today.
Babar Azam has 19 Centurys in ODIs so far, Saeed Anwar has 20 Centurys.
Babar Azam scored a brilliant Century against Nepal at the 2023 Asian Cup, his innings of 151 runs coming off his bat. This is the first century of this year’s Asian Cup. With that, Babar Azam has completed his 19th century in ODIs. Saeed Anwar holds the record for most centuries in ODIs for Pakistan, with 20 centuries in 50-over format. Now, if Babar Azam scores another century, he will match Saeed Anwar and surpass Anwar once he scores two centuries.
Babar Azam has a golden chance today
The special thing is that tonight’s game will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Two centuries have been scored at this year’s Asian Cup so far. Before that came the century of Babar Azam in Multan. After Najmul Hussain Shanto and Mehandi Hasan Meraj of Bangladesh scored centuries, those centuries came in Lahore. That means this pitch is good and flat, lots of runs are scored here. After this game, the Pakistan team will play the remaining games in Colombo, Sri Lanka. In such a situation, Babar Azam will have a golden chance in today’s game, it remains to be seen how many runs he will score.
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