Ramiz Raja, a former Pakistani cricketer, recently compared Babar Azam to Don Bradman, widely regarded as the greatest batsman in cricket history, demonstrating the high regard the Pakistani batsman is held in the cricket world. Raja praised Azam’s exceptional consistency in white ball format despite his high level of risk, built on exceptional technique and temperament.
18th Century of Babar’s helped him to become the fastest player to reach 5,000 ODI runs and ranked his team to become the No. 1 team on the ICC ODI rankings. According to Raja, Babar’s performances have surpassed many legends including Viv Richards and are the reason Pakistan has become the number one team in the ODI rankings.
