Ravichandran Ashwin: “The standout batter and the way he bats, the hundred in Australia, it has to be Babar Azam”
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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said Pakistan captain Babar Azam is by far the country’s standout batsman.
Azam 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.
As for the three-match T20 series against Bangladesh, his form took a dip as he only made 27 runs at an average of nine and a strike-rate of 67.50.
However, he bounced back in the two-Test series as he scored 99 runs, which included a top score of 76, at an average of 49.50.
Most recently, he struck 86 runs, which included a top score of 79, at an average of 28.66 and a strike-rate of 138.70 in the three-match T20 series against the West Indies.
“The standout batter and the way he bats, the hundred in Australia, it has to be Babar Azam,” Ashwin said on his YouTube channel as quoted by Saj Sadiq on Twitter.
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