The modern day great of Pakistan Babar Azam came in support of the one the greatest batters in the history of cricket Virat Kohli due to Kohli’s so called poor run controversy.
The 70-hundred in international cricket holder is going through the weakest phase of his career as he himself set the bar to high that even if he make a half-century the critics considered it as a failure.
While the Pakistan great Babar Azam, who often compared with Virat Kohli over his playing style is currently is in great form. And he also lends his voice in support for the India great after the star batter got out for 16 in the second ODI against England at Lord’s.
What Babar Azam said about Virat Kohli?
Azam took to his Twitter handle and uploaded a picture with Virat Kohli and also wrote, “This too shall pass. Stay strong. #ViratKohli.”
This too shall pass. Stay strong. #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/ozr7BFFgXt
— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) July 14, 2022
After a poor show in the one-off test against England. Kohli has scored only 12 runs in two T20 matches. He missed the first ODI and made just 16 in the second one to once again be in the headlines for not performing.
During the IPL 2022 season, Virat Kohli played 16 matches for RCB, where he recorded 321 runs at an average of 22.33, including two fifties.
However, if we look at the overall records of Virat Kohli, then no one can questions on his ability and game technique as in his 13-year career as of now, he has scored a whopping 23,709 runs. And he is on the 7th place in the list of players who have scored most runs in international cricket.
While the ex-skipper of India is on 3rd place in the list of players with most centuries in international cricket with 70. He is only behind Australia legend Ricky Ponting (71), and the batting maestro of cricket Sachin Tendulkar (100) in the list.
How is Babar Azam performing in international cricket?
Babar Azam received lot of praises from all the corners of the world due to his steady batting performances in the last couple of years.
Currently, he is serving as the captain of team Pakistan and some also labelled him as a best batter in the world at the moment.
There is also a debate on the topic of adding Babar Azam to the elite group of ‘Top 4’ players. The debate is to expand the list to Top 5 instead of 4 to add Babar Azam in the elite group of Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson and Joe Root.
Babar recently broke another record of Kohli when he scored more than 1000 runs in ODIs since taking over as Pakistan’s captain. He reached this feat in just 13 innings. Kohli has taken 17 innings as India captain to scored 1000 ODI runs.
