Tom Moody: “I put Babar almost in the same category as Kohli”
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Former Australia cricketer Tom Moody said Pakistan captain Babar Azam is almost up at the top with India skipper Virat Kohli.
Azam and Kohli are widely considered to be among the best batsmen in all three formats of the game.
They have even been compared to each other on multiple occasions.
However, Moody feels that Azam is catching up with Kohli, especially considering how well he has been playing as of late.
“I put Babar almost in the same category as Kohli,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Azam was in tremendous form in the T20 World Cup as he broke the record for the most runs scored by a batsman in their maiden T20 World Cup appearance.
He amassed 303 runs in six games, which included four fifties, at an average of 60.60 and a strike-rate of 126.25.
Pakistan are now preparing for their tour of Bangladesh, which will consist of three T20 Internationals and two Tests.
The T20 series will be held from November 19 to 22, while the Test series will begin on November 26.
Pakistan’s Squad for Bangladesh T20 Series: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Shoaib Malik, Usman Qadir
Pakistan squad for Bangladesh Test series: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Abdullah Shafique, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Bilal Asif, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi, Zahid Mahmood
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