Pakistan’s limited-overs captain Babar Azam has been slowly and steadily challenging the best batsmen in the business given his consistency across formats. Considering the rivalry between India and Pakistan, Babar is also often compared with Indian captain Virat Kohli as both batsmen’s consistency across formats has been one of the biggest talking points in world cricket. Talking about the comparison, Azam confessed that while Kohli is ahead of him, he has a lot more to achieve.
“He is one of the best players. I am far behind. I have a lot to achieve yet. I will try to become a player like him and win matches for Pakistan and create records,” Babar told Cricbuzz.
Pakistan is known for its rich history to produce some of the most fearsome bowlers in world cricket. Narrating an incident when he saw Akhtar bowl for the first time, Azam said, When I saw Shoaib Akhtar bowl for the first time, I realised how quick he was. There used to be U-19 camps where they used to let us bat as well. Shoaib Bhai also used to come there occasionally. He used to bowl towards the end. Once he called me and told me that I had to block the deliveries and not drive. I blocked two balls and then hit a drive. Whenever he used to come there, he used to call me and bowl at me. While he used to bowl length deliveries to me, he once bowled a bouncer by mistake.”
