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Babar Azam Back As Pakistan's ODI, T20I Captain: Check His Top Captaincy Records Here; In PICS

Babar Azam has been named as white-ball captain of Pakistan men's cricket team, almost five months after he had stepped down as an all-format captain of the team. Pakistan's poor ODI World Cup show had forced Babar to resign from the position. However, Pakistan's best batter is back as ODI and T20I World Cup captain, two months before the T20 World Cup 2024 in USA and West Indies.

Babar met PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi and accepted the offer. PCB's selection committee had put faith in Babar and had asked him to lead the side again. The fact that Babar led Pakistan to semifinals in T20 World Cup 2021 and finals of 2022 World Cup must have pushed selectors and PCB to ask him to lead again. Not to forget, in his very short stay as Pakistan's T20 captain, Shaheen Shah Afridi won just 1 out of 5 games and looked listless as a leader. In this story, we look at some of the top achievements of Babar Azam as Pakistan captain in white-ball cricket.

Zee Media Bureau|

Updated:Mar 31, 2024, 11:42 AM IST

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Pakistan became number 1 in ODIs

One of Babar Azam's top achievements is that he took Pakistan to the number 1 position in the ICC ODI team rankings, even if for just a short period. As he makes a comeback, Pakistan have slipped to number 4 spot. (Source: ANI)

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T20 WC win over India

Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan's outstanding 152-run partnership helped Pakistan thrash India by 10 wickets in the league match of T20 World Cup 2021. That win was special and Babar's leadership came to the fore on that occasion. (Source: ANI)

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Highest win percentage

One of the reasons PCB has called back Babar Azam as the white-ball captain is his win percentage. Across formats, Babar has a win percentage of 63.82, which is better than eveb Sarfaraz Ahmed. (Source: ANI)

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Series wins in South Africa

Babar Azam won Pakistan their first ODI series since 2013-14 when they beat Proteas 2-1 in three-match series. Pakistan also beat South Africa 3-1 in the T20Is, again under the leadership of Babar. (Source: ANI)

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Most wins as T20I captain

Babar Azam and Eoin Morgan have registered most wins in T20Is; a total of 42 wins. Babar has achieved this record in 71 matches. (Source: ANI)

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Most tons as Pak captain

In ODIs, Babar hit 8 centuries while playing as Pakistan captain, which is most by any Pakistani skipper. (Source: ANI)