Pakistan defeated Afghanistan in the first ODI. In that game, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by a whopping 142 runs. In this way, the Pakistan team took a 1-0 lead in the 3rd ODI series, but despite this victory, an unwanted record was set in the name of Pakistan captain Babar Azam. In fact, Babar Azam returned to the pavilion without scoring a run against Afghanistan. This was the fourth time in ODI cricket that Babar Azam was eliminated with a clean sheet, while as captain he was eliminated with a clean sheet for the second time.
Babar Azam has joined an unwanted list after being eliminated by a clean sheet against Afghanistan. Included in this list are names like Javed Miandad, Azhar Ali, and Yunus Khan. In fact, these players have twice gone out with clean sheets as captains of Pakistan. Babar Azam now joins the list of players who have twice kept a clean sheet as Pakistan captain.
However, as the Pakistani captain, Wasim Akram is the record most clean-fed ODIs. In the ODI format, Wasim Akram returned to the pavilion as captain of Pakistan eight times without scoring a run. Looking at the rest of the players, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Moin Khan, as captains of Pakistan, went out four to four times with clean sheets in ODIs. Apart from that, Misbah-ul-Haq as captain failed three times to open the account in ODI format.