VIRAT KOHLI VS BABAR AZAM – DETAILED ANALYSIS ON WHO IS THE BETTER BATSMAN IN T20I CRICKET

All the matches of the two biggest T20 tournaments of India and Pakistan i.e. Indian Premier League (IPL) and Pakistan Super League (PSL) have been done. In this tournament, two batsmen of the current cricket world, Virat Kohli and Babar Azam showed their glory. While Kohli was captaining the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Babar was
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VIRAT KOHLI VS BABAR AZAM – DETAILED ANALYSIS ON WHO IS THE BETTER BATSMAN IN T20I CRICKET

All the matches of the two biggest T20 tournaments of India and Pakistan i.e. Indian Premier League (IPL) and Pakistan Super League (PSL) have been done. In this tournament, two batsmen of the current cricket world, Virat Kohli and Babar Azam showed their glory. While Kohli was captaining the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Babar was playing for the Karachi Kings. His captain was Imad Wasim. When Kohli’s team lost in the playoffs, Babur’s team managed to win the final.

Cricket fans constantly compare the two players. Talking about the records of both the players based on the performances of IPL 2020 and PSL 2020, Babar has surpassed Virat this season. Babar scored 473 runs in 12 matches. During this time he averaged 59.12 and strike rate 124.15. He scored the most in the 5 fifties. Babar was declared Man of the Series. He was also elected Player of the Match, scoring an unbeaten 63 in the final. Babar hit 5 half-centuries and his highest score was 78 runs.

On the other hand, talk of Kohli, RCB captain played 15 matches in IPL 2020. Three matches were more than Babar. During this period, Virat scored 466 runs at an average of 42.36. His strike rate was 121.35 and averaged 42.36. Kohli hit three half-centuries. However, despite this, he hit more sixes than Babar. 11 sixes off Kohli’s bat. At the same time, Babur could hit only five sixes. Kohli was ahead of him in terms of the highest score as well. The highest score of RCB captain was 90 not out.

Talking about the overall international record, Babar Azam does not stand next to the Indian captain. Kohli has scored 7240 runs in 86 Tests at an average of 53.6, 11867 runs at an average of 59.3 in 248 ODIs and 2794 runs at 82.8 at an average of 50.8. On the other hand, Babar scored 2045 runs in 29 Tests at an average of 45.4, 3580 runs at 77.9 in 77 ODIs and 1681 runs at an average of 50.9 in 44 Tests. Kohli is the only batsman to score runs at an average of over 50 in all three formats.