Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli (Carier, Records, Biography, Stats)

Babar Azam vs Virat kohli: Kohli has been playing on the international circuit since 2008, but Babar didn’t join him until 2015.

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Virat Kohli, a former captain of the Indian cricket team

From August 2017 to April 2021, Virat Kohli, a former captain of the Indian cricket team, dominated the ODI circuit so much that no other player was able to knock him off the top spot. On April 19, 2021, though, Babar Azam ended Kohli’s 1,258-day run at the top of the batting rankings for ODIs.

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli a Complete Stats

Since the Pakistan captain made his international debut in 2015, the Babar Azam vs. Virat Kohli debate has been a hot topic. The reason made sense, since Babar had tried to do a lot of what Kohli had done when he was a U-19 player. Even though the Pakistani batter didn’t win the U-19 world title like Kohli did, Babar seemed destined for greatness.

Babar Azam, a captain of Pakistani cricket team

Before Babar played his first international match for Pakistan, Kohli had already played in more than 150 One-Day Internationals and hit 20 or more tones. In 2022, it only took Babar Azam 47 matches to get to 2,000 ODI runs, which makes him the fastest player to do so. Kohli, on the other hand, had to play 56 games to reach the milestone. So, let’s take a closer look at how the statistics of two of cricket’s modern greats compare.

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli stats

The Indian batter has played 106 T20 internationals, while Babar has only played 83. This is the best way to compare the two. As of today, the first player has scored 3,597 runs in these games, for an average of 50.66 runs per game. On the other hand, Babar has scored 2,903 runs, averaging 43.33.

Babar Azam and Virat Kohli in T20I
Player	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	106	3597	50.66	138.19	1	32
Babar Azam	83	2903	43.33	129.95	2	26

It is interesting to learn that Kohli has kept his average above 50 even though he has played more T20I matches than Pakistan. Both Kohli and Babar have hit a century, but Kohli has hit 32 half-centuries while Babar has only hit 26.

Since we’re talking about numbers, let’s also compare Babar Azam to Virat Kohli in other ways. Kohli is one of only six players in the history of the format to have scored more than 12,000 runs. He has scored 12,344 runs so far. He is the player who reached 12,000 runs the fastest, doing it in just 251 games.

Babar Azam and Virat Kohli in ODI
Player	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	262	12,344	57.68	92.83	43	64
Babar Azam	92	4,664	59.79	89.74	17	22

When it comes to Test cricket, Kohli is still on top. He has scored 8,074 runs in 102 Tests, while Babar has scored 3,122 runs in 42 Tests. Kohli is also the fastest player to reach 7,000 runs in the longest form of the game. He did this in just 81 matches, which is faster than anyone else.

Kohli is way ahead of Babar when it comes to all kinds of centuries. The Indian legend’s 71 international centuries are much more than Babar’s 25 tones, which is the record for all types of cricket.

Babar Azam and Virat Kohli in Test
Player	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	102	8,074	49.53	55.68	27	28
Babar Azam	42	3,122	47.30	53.55	7	23

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli captaincy record

Here’s where things start to get interesting. Since Pakistan’s T20I captain, Babar, was named in 2019, he has scored 1,429 runs in just 40 innings, for an average of 38.62. During this time, the Pakistani batter has hit 16 half-centuries and a hundred.

Babar Azam and Virat Kohli T20I captaincy record
Virat Kohli	Metrics	Babar Azam
50	Matches	45
30	Won	29
16	Lost	11
1570	Runs	1429

Kohli’s T20I captaincy began in 2017 and ended in 2021. Kohli scored 1,570 runs as T20I captain in 50 matches, averaging 47.57 and striking out 140.55 times.

Babar Azam is 29-11 in 45 Twenty20 Internationals as captain. Kohli won 30 of 50 T20Is as captain, losing 16.

Virat Kohli Test captaincy record
Virat Kohli	Metrics	Babar Azam
68	Matches	13
40	Won	8
17	Lost	3
5608	Runs	1077

Kohli captained India in 68 Tests, winning 40, losing 17 and drawing 11. Babar has only captained the Test team 13 times, winning eight and losing three.

Virat Kohli ODI captaincy record
Virat Kohli	Metrics	Babar Azam
95	Matches	18
65	Won	12
27	Lost	5
5449	Runs	1305

Babar has only been Pakistan’s 50-overs captain for 18 matches, during which time he has won 12 and lost 5. Kohli, on the other hand, has led India in 95 ODIs, 65 of which ended in wins and 27 of which ended in losses.