Usman Khawaja: “Babar Azam is [a] world-class player”

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Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has called Pakistan captain Babar Azam a “world-class” player.

Both Khawaja and Azam are currently playing in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Abu Dhabi, with the former representing Islamabad United and the latter playing for the Karachi Kings.

In the eight games he has played, Azam has scored 424 runs, which includes five half-centuries, at an average of 84.80 and a strike-rate of 139.47.

“Babar Azam is [a] world-class player,” Khawaja told Cricket Pakistan.

Khawaja has accumulated 70 runs in four matches at an average of 23.33 and a strike-rate of 111.11.

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