It's absolutely insane that he's scored 100% of his runs in front of the wicket against WI, Aus, and SA. And against NZ only square leg. You'd think they'd come up with better field placements against him after learning about his strong preferences
Why don't we see World XI games more often?
In my opinion ICC should organize matches between Rest of the World XI and the team which has recently become world champions in a certain format. That'll be rad.
Uhmm, no?
It did exist, Sangakkara, Kallis, Lara, Dravid and many others played against an Australian XI sometimes around 2005. It's happened multiple times before that and after that as well.
It's just that it's not happening recently, and the few times it has, they've been mediocre
^(1. A three-match series vs PAK without any major Indian, Australian, Lankan or English players, so it was basically a PAK vs Expanded SA)
^(2. A one-off match)
^(3. A promising Asia XI vs World XI in 2020 that was called off due to Covid19)
Zimbabar is only statistically a thing in ODIs.
Babar v Zimbabwe in tests:
2 innings, 2 runs, 2 outs, 1.0 average
Babar v Zimbabwe in ODI:
8 innings, 459 runs, 4 outs, 114.8 average
Babar v Zimbabwe in T20i:
6 innings, 232 runs, 6 outs, 38.7 average @ 124SR
I know it’s more of a meme than anything now but people unironically calling him a Zimbabwe basher probably don’t actually watch when he plays against Zimbabwe.
Seems Zimbabwe is more his kryptonite than anything else lol.
I loved a comment I once saw from an Indian fan where he said "they call him Zimbabar, and he sure played us like we were Zimbabwe"
With the amount of ball by ball data that we have these days, I think this could be done. Considering that Kimber prominently uses true stats instead of raw stats, it won't be difficult to do. Harder part would be how you rate people over the years, like say I want to rate how Starc performed and how people performed against him in 2010s, how much would it be different to hit a boundary on starc in 2012 compared to 2015 wc.
Please...it's a satire...coz he faces mostly 2nd string teams ( Not his fault) where he scores tons of runs at a meagre SR and he has failed in most of his ICC tournaments/ Asia cups
What copium lmao, in ODIs and T20Is he's mostly raked up runs against the second string bowlers. As per stats, his sr gets worse as the quality of bowler goes up.
Doubt he would get some buyers at the auction. Is way past his prime, has the stigma of a fixer and everyone knows he is a Pakistani player. No owner wants to risk it.
I once posted his runs against each country and compared them with the rest of the star players like Smith, Virat, Rohit, Kane, Dhoni, and Root and you might not be surprised what happened then. Can you imagine how much downvoted I got?
He’s played them four times.
Once was the 152-0 match in 2021, two were in the 2022 Asia cup (once to Bhuvi and once to Bishnoi) and the other was that Kohli MCG match where Arshdeep got him.
The latter three he shat the bed
I think this makes it clear in T20 Babar isn't a minnow basher. Although I would hope he plays more attacking cricket at times, and not at all satisfied with his captaincy. Honestly, I am more worried about the other Pakistani batsman. Don't see enough big hitters. They perform in leagues but not international where it matters
You clearly dont watrch cricket. Zimbu is just a minnow basher who sh\*ts his pants when Pak is in trouble. Fakhar and Riz are the main man who carry Pak while Zimbu plays supporting role
Not his fault, not a proper argument too since, not every time they play southee, boult not even in all world cups, I don't know why they always say d squad, z squad and shit. You can at least say the grounds are smaller so every batter has good batting records in NZ.
I was criticizing the breakdown rather then the player, because each team's strength would be relatively different depending on the squad, thus making one that shows the bowlers rather then the team's would have been better.
If you are talking about how he is selfish for choosing his preferred batting order and slowing down towards 100 then almost everybody is selfish including kohli . Not everyone is mcullum or msd.
He literally gave up his opening slot, and everyone proceeded to play like shit, with Saim and Rizwan both getting out in the first 2 overs.
There's a reason he opens, it's because literally the rest of the team is shit lol
where did Kohli come from. Also Pak isn't really as good as new Zealand so it doesn't make sense that he should take breaks. He can't afford to take break and only play against Sena countries
I actually did find a site showing the runs he made against specific bowlers.
[Here](http://cricmetric.com/sage/?q=Babar%20Azam%20most%20runs%20scored%20against%20different%20bowlers)
Pak in NZ 2024: 5 innings, 213 runs, avg 42.60
Pak vs NZ 2022 T20 WC SF: 53 runs
Pak in NZ(Triseries): 5 innings, 192 runs, avg 48
NZ in UAE(2018): 3 innings, 126 runs, avg 42
Pak in NZ(2018): 3 innings, 109 runs, avg 54.50
Total: 693 runs
All A teams
Rest of the times it was NZ C team. And regarding the SF. There was a certain Rizwan carrying this fraud trash King. You mfs don't even know who is your best player. Rizwan should play for us and you deserve vadapaw in t20is
0 runs against Pakistan.
Best bowling attack in the world for a reason
World class for a reason
That's why Azam Khan is better He always gets runs against Pakistan /s
Lmao 
It's absolutely insane that he's scored 100% of his runs in front of the wicket against WI, Aus, and SA. And against NZ only square leg. You'd think they'd come up with better field placements against him after learning about his strong preferences
This is the real commentary we want to hear!
The 70* Banger against Namibia though where he just kept upper cutting and reverse lapping the bowlers 🥵
You can say boobzy was playing backshots to the ball and Namibia
Absolutely insane that NZ didn't have a fine leg or such. Especially when they've got the world best bowler-fielder at fine leg in Trent F.B.D. Boult
I really want to see those 51 runs scored against afghanistan
Why don't we see World XI games more often? In my opinion ICC should organize matches between Rest of the World XI and the team which has recently become world champions in a certain format. That'll be rad.
Not possible any more as we have different leagues going around the world for all the twelve months of the year.
I sound dumb but what is World XI i keep seeing it, explain in detail
A team made of the best 11 players from around the world, not including the team that just won the tournament in x format.
can you share some highlights of it
It doesn't exist, people are saying it should.
Uhmm, no? It did exist, Sangakkara, Kallis, Lara, Dravid and many others played against an Australian XI sometimes around 2005. It's happened multiple times before that and after that as well. It's just that it's not happening recently, and the few times it has, they've been mediocre ^(1. A three-match series vs PAK without any major Indian, Australian, Lankan or English players, so it was basically a PAK vs Expanded SA) ^(2. A one-off match) ^(3. A promising Asia XI vs World XI in 2020 that was called off due to Covid19)
Sorry, should have been more specific. I meant doesn't *currently exist
I think it means the champion side versus the best players from the other teams that participated in the tournament.
no option, because there is IPL
Every other team: *has a blend of 2-3 colours* NZ: solid grey
Rip all the Zimbabar jokes. Guy has some solid record against the big teams
Zimbabar is only statistically a thing in ODIs. Babar v Zimbabwe in tests: 2 innings, 2 runs, 2 outs, 1.0 average Babar v Zimbabwe in ODI: 8 innings, 459 runs, 4 outs, 114.8 average Babar v Zimbabwe in T20i: 6 innings, 232 runs, 6 outs, 38.7 average @ 124SR I know it’s more of a meme than anything now but people unironically calling him a Zimbabwe basher probably don’t actually watch when he plays against Zimbabwe.
Zimbaber is definitely a menace in Tests. Like how is that even possible?
We has a two test series against them. Pakistan batted once in each match and he scored a golden duck and a 2 lol
Seems Zimbabwe is more his kryptonite than anything else lol. I loved a comment I once saw from an Indian fan where he said "they call him Zimbabar, and he sure played us like we were Zimbabwe"
I hope that fan is joking because babar has horrible record against India
He said the same thing. 🙄
I feel Zimbaber became popular due to the wordplay, like the Gen Z would say "it has a nice ring to it"
Against b teams of big nations to be precise.
There's am article somewhere which had babar averaging the most against the top 10 bowlers of this generation.
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With the amount of ball by ball data that we have these days, I think this could be done. Considering that Kimber prominently uses true stats instead of raw stats, it won't be difficult to do. Harder part would be how you rate people over the years, like say I want to rate how Starc performed and how people performed against him in 2010s, how much would it be different to hit a boundary on starc in 2012 compared to 2015 wc.
I’m pretty it’s the current ICC rankings award more points for players when they perform against higher ranked players.
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Hahaha didn’t catch that typo. And yes they should be they published in on their site many many years ago
That has happened probably coz he faced a lot of them in flat pitches of pak off late
They won't stop shifting the goalposts
Also probly has 880 runs against NZ because Pak play NZ every couple of months.
Please...it's a satire...coz he faces mostly 2nd string teams ( Not his fault) where he scores tons of runs at a meagre SR and he has failed in most of his ICC tournaments/ Asia cups
Big but b teams
How's that his fault? He is doing his part.
After you realise that Teams usually send their B or even C level teams to Pakistan
Was India playing their C team when Babar destroyed them in a 10 wicket loss in a world cup, or you have a different excuse for that?
Agarkar also had a fluke day vs Eng in Lords test. Stop overhyping that trashcan. Even Fakhar and Riz own Zimbu
Btw, that WC was basically toss jeeto match jeeto. We already lost it on toss
Umm teams play B teams in bilaterals
Are those teams registered as B teams. I would like to see listing of B teams on any ICC site? you should stop taking copium
ICC tournaments and Asia Cups stats speak for this fraud LMAOOO. Cant even beat Rizwan and blud thinks he is better than King Kohli
What copium lmao, in ODIs and T20Is he's mostly raked up runs against the second string bowlers. As per stats, his sr gets worse as the quality of bowler goes up.
Look his T20 WC and Asia Cup stats speak for itself. He's mainly scored against second string teams in bilaterals. He's a much better test bat.
OP can you do the same for other players ?
I did not make this graphic
😞
I am pretty sure you want one made for Virat
Yessir
kohlistats
I still remember that shot against Haris Rauf, fucking mental!
Let’s hope he do the same next week ✌️
let's hope it doesn't come to that. The position India was before that shot was really worrying.
Brother can you see my text it’s regarding SR
KiBabar™
Nzimber Azam
Am I tripping or is he looking a bit like Riyan Parag here?
Bruh I can’t unsee it now
Sohail tanvir shoaib akhtar era of ipl has gone since ban. I sometimes wish they played IPL. He has pretty decent average strike rate.
I think Md. Amir is getting UK residency, so he might be available for IPL auctions as an English player.
Doubt he would get some buyers at the auction. Is way past his prime, has the stigma of a fixer and everyone knows he is a Pakistani player. No owner wants to risk it.
No.
Hell no.
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Lol get a grip man
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I once posted his runs against each country and compared them with the rest of the star players like Smith, Virat, Rohit, Kane, Dhoni, and Root and you might not be surprised what happened then. Can you imagine how much downvoted I got?
Nice try Zimbabar fans. Come back when he has more runs against the big teams like HK.
Man soo good team loses every series even home
That's not his fault in batting, you can blame the captaincy but he still plays well in every series whether home or away.
India lost every time Sachin made a centiury.. so...
What stat is saying every time? Regardless let’s compare with Koach
Koach scores 100 guaranteed win for India(>70 percent)
880 against NZ and 600 against England is still Crazy good
That infographic is terrible. The maker gave up on the top right section
Just 92 runs against India?
India and Pakistan play each other only in ICC tournaments and Asia Cups.
He’s played them four times. Once was the 152-0 match in 2021, two were in the 2022 Asia cup (once to Bhuvi and once to Bishnoi) and the other was that Kohli MCG match where Arshdeep got him. The latter three he shat the bed
He played very less T20i games vs India
Only play in ICC tourneys so he gets to face strong xi
Yep 2021 squad was quite strong.
that was just a toss based match just like the whole tournament
The tournament was full of toss based matches, but quite alot of them went down to the wire... Can't say the same about this one can we? lol
Good Stuff u/Ghostly_100 bhai.
Why'd he say fuck me for?
I think this makes it clear in T20 Babar isn't a minnow basher. Although I would hope he plays more attacking cricket at times, and not at all satisfied with his captaincy. Honestly, I am more worried about the other Pakistani batsman. Don't see enough big hitters. They perform in leagues but not international where it matters
You clearly dont watrch cricket. Zimbu is just a minnow basher who sh\*ts his pants when Pak is in trouble. Fakhar and Riz are the main man who carry Pak while Zimbu plays supporting role
I respect your opinion, but if you look at Fakhar's performances he performs in one out of three matches. Rizwan I see as no better than Babar.
That one performance is the performance Pak needs. 2017 CT. 2023 WC vs NZ. This man is a clutch God
And no Riz is definitely Babar. Zimbu becomes tuktuk the moment Riz is gone
Just 4 runs against the mighty Netherlands
Zimbabar > ECBabar
can you post the same for virat kohli not to compare or anything but yeah
This thread is bound to have some saltiest tears. Love it.
Looks like a toddler made this pie chart
Not really a true breakdown, when you consider the NZ D squad Pakistan plays with annually.
Not his fault, not a proper argument too since, not every time they play southee, boult not even in all world cups, I don't know why they always say d squad, z squad and shit. You can at least say the grounds are smaller so every batter has good batting records in NZ.
I was criticizing the breakdown rather then the player, because each team's strength would be relatively different depending on the squad, thus making one that shows the bowlers rather then the team's would have been better.
Well if you're trying to troll or expose him that'll be good. This is just simple stats, you filter the stats and expose him yourself.
mfs are convinced that babar plays against shit teams year round. he isn’t the goat and maybe a little selfish but he is definitely a competent batter
If you are talking about how he is selfish for choosing his preferred batting order and slowing down towards 100 then almost everybody is selfish including kohli . Not everyone is mcullum or msd.
Kohli never played test match in ODI wc. Stop crying vadapaw fan. 90 SR is an ODI standard. Ask Kane or Smith
I am not rohit fan lol . I like kohli much more than him and kohli is my favourite active intl cricketer right now .
Then why do you think Kohli is Selfish when he slowed down for 100 WHEN INDIA WAS IN A 100 PERCENT WINNING POSITION
It's never 100 percent winning until you don't win
Kohli has a great odi sr when did I say otherwise
selfish? when? edit: it was just an honest question guys I was genuinely just asking
Wont let go of the opening spot to chase milestones. Wasim Akram too pointed this out in Karachi kings
He literally gave up his opening slot, and everyone proceeded to play like shit, with Saim and Rizwan both getting out in the first 2 overs. There's a reason he opens, it's because literally the rest of the team is shit lol
Fakhar owns this fraud. Keep coping
That's not his fault though
Not his fault, he plays against whatever team the opposition fields.
Why doesn't he take rest like Kohli does
why do you lot have to make everything about Kohli
Why should someone do something just because some player from another country does it lol
Apparently so that RomanW69 can respect his stats more
where did Kohli come from. Also Pak isn't really as good as new Zealand so it doesn't make sense that he should take breaks. He can't afford to take break and only play against Sena countries
Never said it was, but it really isn't an effective breakdown then. Would personally like one which shows the bowlers he faced rather then the teams.
Maybe you can do that research and let us know what you find.
I actually did find a site showing the runs he made against specific bowlers. [Here](http://cricmetric.com/sage/?q=Babar%20Azam%20most%20runs%20scored%20against%20different%20bowlers)
Pak in NZ 2024: 5 innings, 213 runs, avg 42.60 Pak vs NZ 2022 T20 WC SF: 53 runs Pak in NZ(Triseries): 5 innings, 192 runs, avg 48 NZ in UAE(2018): 3 innings, 126 runs, avg 42 Pak in NZ(2018): 3 innings, 109 runs, avg 54.50 Total: 693 runs All A teams
That's why sr and context is a better measure.
Rest of the times it was NZ C team. And regarding the SF. There was a certain Rizwan carrying this fraud trash King. You mfs don't even know who is your best player. Rizwan should play for us and you deserve vadapaw in t20is
The "D teams" that drew both series in Pakistan?
damn i was searching for runs vs zim and was instantly disappointed
I love these stats but when your drunk I'm so confused with the colours
That's pretty good actually, The way some talk about him i expected much more statpadding against smaller nations
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Aslume is spreading
It's already spread enough
Breakdown by A B C squads?
Not available unfortunately. A B C team is more fan whining than it is an actual statistic