Virat Kohli is one of the best batsmen in the cricket world. Currently, no one can match Virat in all three formats of the game. But former Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam is often compared with Virat Kohli. Babar Azam is being tipped as the next great batsman of the cricket world. But will Babar Azam really be able to make a name for himself in the cricket world like Virat Kohli? Let us know.
In the last two years in international cricket, Babar Azam has surpassed Virat Kohli in terms of the number of centuries scored. In the last two years, Babar Azam has scored 11 international centuries while Virat Kohli has scored 10 international centuries. Kohli is joint second. Shubhman Gill also scored ten international centuries during this period.
The third number on the list is Daryl Mitchell from New Zealand. Mitchell has scored a total of 9 centuries in international cricket in the last two years. That is, Babar Azam is the batsman who has scored the most international centuries in the last two years.
- Babar Azam-11
- Virat Kohli – 10
- Shubhman Gill – 10
- Daryl Mitchell – 09
In the 2023 ODI World Cup on Indian soil, Babar Azam looked like a flop while Kohli’s bat played very well. Kohli was the top run-scorer in the World Cup and was awarded the Player of the Tournament award. Kohli had scored 765 runs at an average of 95.62 while batting in 11 innings of 11 matches in the tournament. During this period, Kohli had scored three centuries and six half-centuries.
While Babar Azam couldn’t score even half of Kohli’s runs. Babar batted in 9 innings of 9 games in the tournament and scored 320 runs at an average of 40.0. During this period, four half-centuries were scored with his bat.