Pakistan Cricket Team captain Babar Azam is recognised as one of the best cricketers of the modern era, having accomplished so much at such a young age. Babar is frequently compared to veteran Indian Virat Kohli due to his outstanding exploits for his team. He just became the second-fastest Asian player to score 12,000 runs in international cricket, after only former Indian skipper Virat.
It took him just 277 innings to reach the milestone, which he did during the first ODI against New Zealand, where he also contributed 49 runs for the team. In the meantime, Babar recently gained a new follower in the form of ‘Speed,’ one of the most popular YouTube streamers and content creators who is also a huge fan of legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo
Speed, it turns out, is also a huge Kohli fan, and when he found out that Babar was often compared to Kohli, he immediately entered Babar’s Instagram DM and left him a voice note in which he was just yelling Kohli’s name. The video of the same has gone viral on the internet.
Here is Speed’s video
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Meanwhile, in Test cricket, Azam’s strike rate is 55.02, and he has scored 3696 runs at an average of 48.63. Pakistan’s skipper has 17 ODI hundreds and nine Test centuries. In the ongoing ODI series between Pakistan and New Zealand, the Men in Green lead the Blackcaps 2-0. The recent T20I series ended in a 2-2 tie. One of the T20 international matches was cancelled because of a hailstorm.
As for Virat Kohli, he is currently busy playing in the Indian Premier League 2023 for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Men in Red and Blue are currently playing Lucknow Super Giants in the 43rd match of the season at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. They are sixth in the points rankings with four victories in eight games. They will look to win the game against LSG and move up a spot in the standings.
