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Pakistan captain Babar Azam will soon change into No. 1 Test batter: Ricky Ponting

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Babar Azam had won the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the one year Award in January, beating off opponents from Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, South Africa batter Janneman Malan and Eire opener Paul Stirling.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (Source: Twitter)

Customary Australia captain Ricky Ponting asserted that Pakistan captain Babar Azam will soon change into the number 1 ranked Test batter on this planet as he has the total desired qualities.

Pakistan will next lock horns in opposition to Australia in a 3-match Test sequence, starting March 4 in Rawalpindi.

Babar Azam had won the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the one year Award in January, beating off opponents from Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, South Africa batter Janneman Malan and Eire opener Paul Stirling.

“My aim is to ranking runs in every nation and at the home of the opponents.”

ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the one year Babar Azam reflects on his fantastic 2021 pic.twitter.com/BmYYJuoO7F

— ICC (@ICC) January 26, 2022

“He (Babar Azam) has been powerful in T20I cricket within the past as effectively, hasn’t he? His white-ball cricket has been nothing short of breathtakingly staunch for the final four-five years. He’s the the same as Shaheen. I don’t acquire to search all these guys outside of when they tour Australia, but when I saw Babar within the 2nd innings in Brisbane within the most most well-known Test in opposition to Australia, seemingly the most photos that I saw him play on a lickety-split bouncy Brisbane pitch – each and every on the entrance and aid foot – in opposition to Hazlewood, Starc and Cummins – it modified into as soon as cherish, I in actuality own heard plenty about him and I in actuality own viewed a pleasant bit of his while-ball stuff, but this guy is the correct deal,” talked about Ponting on ICC’s Evaluate Dispute.

“I possess I talked about then that for this guy, the sky is the restrict. It be simplest a topic of time I felt earlier than he modified into as soon as going to be either the No.1-ranked Test batter on this planet or on no epic easy for it. He may per chance well now no longer be easy for that draw moral now and presumably if he had performed a pair of more Test matches by the final couple of years he’d be knocking the door down for that,” he added.

Azam done 2021 with 405 runs that came at an life like of 67.50. His knock of 158, though coming in a shedding aim, modified into as soon as a lesson in constructing an ODI innings. Taking 72 balls to bring up his fifty, he place his foot on the accelerator within the 2nd half of of the innings, ending with a occupation-simplest ranking that came in pleasing 139 balls.

“He’s an stunning player, easy as that. The thing I progressively look for with these younger tag of batters is if they are going to play affluent the aid foot in Australia, and in particular by the off-side with a straight bat – that are an draw that Joe Root hasn’t relatively got on prime of pleasing but and why he hasn’t made these astronomical scores in Australia,” talked about Ponting.

“Babar did that and hit on the entrance foot aid down the bottom as effectively. These are pleasing issues that I look for as markers and indicators in touring batters when they just about Australia and Babar ticked each and every these bins,” he added.

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