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Babar Azam
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
Babar Azam is a batter who has represented Pakistan Cricket across all three formats, as well as multiple franchise sides including Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi and Somerset. Across 444 matches in total, he has scored 19,738 runs at an average of 46.33. One-Day Internationals are his primary format, where he averages 55.38 from 131 matches. On recent form, a productive PSL run in April 2026 included an unbeaten 87 from 51 balls, and his side has won five consecutive matches he has played in.
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Bat Avg
46.3
Bowl Avg
21.0
2026 Season Context
Recent form
Azam has played 10 matches since 1 February 2026, mixing a T20 International campaign with the current PSL season. His PSL form has been particularly sharp: an unbeaten 87 from 51 balls against Karach
Strongest format
One-Day International — Across 131 ODIs, Azam averages 55.38, which is more than 9 runs per dismissal better than his next-best format average. He has faced 7,066 balls in th
Career stats overview
61 Test · 131 ODI · 252 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
61 matches
4,366
Runs scored
2
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
131 matches
6,203
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
252 matches
9,169
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
19,738 runs across 444 matches
Babar Azam has accumulated 19,738 runs at an average of 46.33 across all formats and competitions. The bulk of those appearances have come for Pakistan Cricket, where he has featured in 326 matches across Tests, ODIs and T20Is.
ODIs remain his strongest format
In 131 One-Day Internationals, Azam averages 55.38 with a strike rate of 87.79. That average sits well clear of his returns in Test cricket (43.66) and T20 Internationals (39.20), making the 50-over format the clearest measure of his consistency.
Strong PSL run in April 2026
Across his four most recent PSL appearances in April 2026, Azam posted scores of 87*, 43, 43 and 18. Three of those innings were struck at better than a run-a-ball, and his side won all four matches.
National Stadium Karachi is his most productive ground
In 37 matches at the National Stadium Karachi, Azam averages 62.67 with 2,068 runs. No other ground in his top venues returns an average above 68.47, the figure he holds at a second venue (national-stadium) across 21 matches.
Consistent returns against England and New Zealand
Against England Cricket across 46 matches, Azam averages 49.66 and has scored 2,185 runs. His 57 appearances against New Zealand Cricket have produced 2,653 runs at 48.24, the highest run tally he holds against any single opponent.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams Babar Azam has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
New Zealand
- Matches
- 57
- Runs
- 2,653
England
- Matches
- 46
- Runs
- 2,185
South Africa
- Matches
- 43
- Runs
- 1,982
Australia
- Matches
- 40
- Runs
- 2,117
- Wickets
- 1
West Indies
- Matches
- 35
- Runs
- 1,777
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 33
- Runs
- 1,515
Islamabad United
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 832
Lahore Qalandars
- Matches
- 20
- Runs
- 729
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where Babar Azam has turned out most often.
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- Matches
- 52
- Runs
- 2,243
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 42
- Runs
- 1,621
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 40
- Runs
- 2,004
National Stadium, Karachi
- Matches
- 37
- Runs
- 2,068
- Wickets
- 1
Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 1,113
National Stadium
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 1,164
Sharjah Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 17
- Runs
- 723
Multan Cricket Stadium
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 549
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.