Virat Kohli vs Babar Azam: Virat Kohli, one of the finest cricketers of modern times. Whether it is fitness, batting or fielding, he has excelled in them all. On the other hand, Pakistan has Babar Azam who has been consistently smashing records and also termed as one of the best batters in the current era. Both these cricketers are compared very often but here we are to discuss about comparison of first 100 ODI matches of Virat Kohli and Babar Azam.
Let’s take you in the past a bit, when Virat started his International career in 2008 in an ODI match against Sri Lanka, where he scored just 12 runs. But in the same series he scored his first international fifty and in only the 13th inning of his career, Kohli scored his first century. In the next 16 years India created a monster, who scored runs in home and away games as well.
Pakistan’s Babar Azam made his international cricket debut in 2015 against Zimbabwe. Later he became fastest batter to reach 5,000 ODI runs in just 97 innings. He is also the first ever batter to reach 5,000 ODI runs in less than 100 innings. These stats doesn’t prove something, so let’s get a deep understanding and try to reach to a conclusion that who actually is better, when it comes to comparing their first 100 ODI matches.
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First 100 ODIs Comparision: Virat Kohli vs Babar Azam
Virat Kohli debuted in 2008, whereas Babar Azam played his first international match in 2015. Because they have played in different times, that’s why Kohli and Babar can’t be compared for more runs or more centuries in career. But we can have a look at how they performed in the first 100 ODIs.
-Virat debuted on 18 August 2008, he took just 4 innings to score his first international fifty. Virat played his 100th ODI match on 11 June 2013 against West Indies. Till then he had scored a total of 4,107 runs with an average of 48.89 and his strike rate was just above 86. During that period of time Kohli had scored 13 centuries
-Babar Azam, on the other hand made his ODI debut on 31 May 2015, where he scored 54 runs against Zimbabwe. He played his 100th One Day match on 7 May 2023 against New Zealand. Babar had scored 5,089 runs after he got out in his 100th ODI match. He also became the fastest batsman to score 5,000 ODI runs. It is a shocking fact that Babar had completed his 18 centuries in 50-over format till he played his 100th match.
Also Read: ODI Cricket Double Century List