The Asia Cup stats are a slap on the cheek to those comparing Kohli to Babar

New Delhi. Pakistan’s promising batsman and captain Babar Azam is counted among the star batsmen of the present time. This is due to his superb technique and consistent performance in international cricket. This is the reason why some former veteran players of the cricket world also compare him with the star batsman of the Indian team, Virat Kohli. But it doesn’t seem right to compare Babar with Kohli so soon. It has taken Kohli nearly a decade and a half to reach this point. Babar, on the other hand, has shown his best form in a few years, but he still has a lot of challenges ahead of him. In such a situation, it will be very interesting to see whether he can handle himself like Kohli or fade into obscurity like other failed players.

Asia Cup stats are a slap on the cheek to people comparing Babar with Kohli.

Asia Cup 2023 is starting from August 30. Where the Indian team is once again expecting the best performance from Virat Kohli. At the same time, the green team is also hoping for a good performance from Babar Azam in the upcoming tournament. In such a situation, let’s talk about the performance of both the players so far in the prestigious tournament, it is as follows-

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Babar Azam’s performance in Asia Cup:

Babar Azam has played a total of 11 matches (ODI and T20) in the Asia Cup so far. Meanwhile, 224 runs have come out of his bat at an average of just 20. Babar Azam has only one half-century to his name in the Asia Cup.

Babar Azam’s performance against India in Asia Cup:

On the other hand, if we talk about Babar Azam’s performance against the Indian team in the Asia Cup, here his figure falls further. The 28-year-old batsman has played a total of four matches against the Blue team in the Asia Cup so far. Meanwhile, only 80 runs have come out of his bat.

Babar Azam’s highest individual performance against India in the Asia Cup is 47 runs. He played this innings in the year 2018 in Dubai. Babar’s scores in the four matches against India are 47, 09, 10 and 14 respectively.

Virat Kohli’s performance in Asia Cup:

Virat Kohli has played a total of 19 (ODI and T20) matches in the Asia Cup so far. Meanwhile, 1042 runs have gone from his bat. Kohli has 613 runs in the ODI format at an average of 61.30. At the same time, in the T20 format, he has scored 429 runs in nine matches at an average of 85.80.

Kohli is the first batsman to play the highest individual innings in both ODI and T20 formats in the Asia Cup. In the ODI format, he surpassed Younus Khan (144) to score 183 runs against Pakistan. At the same time, he scored 122 runs off just 61 balls with his bat in the T20 format against Afghanistan. He has one century and three fifties in the T20 format.

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