Babar Azam: “AB De Villiers is always my dream batting partner. I have played against him but not with him”
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Pakistan superstar Babar Azam has revealed that his “dream batting partner” would be South Africa legend AB de Villiers.
Azam noted that he has always wanted to bat with De Villiers, but it is something that has never happened.
In fact, the 29-year-old pointed out that he had the honour of playing against the Proteas great, but wished that he got the chance to play alongside him.
“AB De Villiers is always my dream batting partner. I have played against him but not with him,” he was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
Azam was recently in action for Pakistan in their three-match Test series against Australia, where he made 126 runs at an average of 21.
Following that, he took part in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand and accumulated 213 runs, which included three fifties, at an average of 42.60 and a strike-rate of 142.
Currently, he is captaining the Peshawar Zalmi in the 2024 Pakistan Super League (PSL) and has made 330 runs in five matches, which includes a century and two fifties, at an average of 82.50 and a strike-rate of 151.37.
Peshawar Zalmi Squad for PSL 9:Â Babar Azam (captain), Rovman Powell, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Asif Ali, Mohammad Haris, Aamer Jamal, Naveen-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Umair Afridi, Dan Mousley, Haseebullah Khan, Mohammad Zeeshan, Mehran Mumtaz, Luke Wood, Sufiyan Muqeem, Waqar Salamkheil, Arshad Iqbal, Gus Atkinson, Shamar Joseph