Babar Azam vs Australia: Australia will face a challenge from Pakistan today in the World Cup 2023. In the current ICC ODI rankings, Pakistan is at second place and Australia is at fourth place. Along with this, in the points table of World Cup 2023, the position of Pakistan (4) is better than Australia (6). That is, the current figures show that Pakistan has the upper hand. Amidst all this, there is one more figure which is going to increase the concern of Australia.
Actually, Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq score a lot of runs against Australia. The batting average of both these batsmen against the Kangaroos is around 70. In the history of ODI cricket of Australia and Pakistan, both these players are included in the top-5 in terms of batting average.
Most centuries in Pak-Australia matches
Pak captain Babar Azam has played 9 matches against Australia so far. During this period, he has scored 588 runs in 9 innings at an excellent batting average of 73.50. His strike rate against Australia has been 91.73. He is also the batsman who has scored the most centuries (3) in the history of Australia-Pakistan ODI matches.
Strong batting average against Pakistan
Currently, Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq has not been able to make much of an impact in all three matches of the World Cup 2023. But he takes keen interest in the news of Australian bowlers. Imam has scored 414 runs in 7 innings of 7 matches against Australia at an average of 69. During this period his strike rate has been 87.71. He has also scored 2 centuries against Australia.
Performance of both in World Cup 2023
Babar and Imam have not been able to leave much impact in this World Cup so far. In Pakistan’s first two World Cup matches, Babar was out after scoring just 5 and 10 runs. He definitely played an inning of 50 runs in the third match. On the other hand, Imam has played only innings of 15, 12 and 36 runs so far in this World Cup.
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