Babar Azam Nears History, Just One Hundred Shy Of Saeed Anwar's ODI Record
Babar Azam is all set to level Saeed Anwar's record for most ODI centuries by a Pakistani batter as Pakistan face the Windies in Trinidad.
Ace Pakistan batter Babar Azam is on the verge of creating history, to become the batter with the most ODI hundreds from his country, as he eyes former opener Saeed Anwar's 22-year-old record. Pakistan will take on the Windies in the first of three ODIs on Friday in Trinidad.
While Babar has 19 ODI hundreds, Anwar finished his career with 20, the most for a Pakistani batter. If the former scores even one century in three matches, he will level Anwar's long-standing record.
Anwar scored 20 hundreds in 244 innings, while Babar has already notched up 19 hundreds in 128 innings. The latter will also become the fastest to achieve the feat.
Most ODI hundreds by Pakistan batters
Saeed Anwar: 20 centuries
Babar Azam: 19 centuries
Mohammad Yousuf: 15 centuries
Fakhar Zaman: 11 centuries
South Africa's Hashim Amla holds the record for the fastest to 20 ODI hundreds, reaching the landmark in just 108 innings.
Fastest to 20 ODI hundreds
Hashim Amla (South Africa) – 108 innings
Virat Kohli (India) – 133 innings
AB de Villiers (South Africa) – 175 innings
Rohit Sharma (India)- 183 innings
Sachin Tendulkar (India)- 197 innings
Babar, ranked No. 2 in the ICC ODI rankings, makes his return after a brief break. However, with Fakhar Zaman sidelined because of injury, it remains to be seen whether Pakistan will once again promote Babar to open the innings.
Recent reports suggested that Mike Hesson advised Babar, the former skipper and a key figure in Pakistan's T20I setup, to develop an additional skill to strengthen his case for a spot at the top of the order, that of a wicketkeeper, but those were quashed by Hesson later.
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