Babar Azam eyes historic feat in Bangladesh series

Pakistan’s top-notch cricket batsman Babar Azam is set to feature in the next two-match Test series against Bangladesh and he is very close to attaining a wonderful landmark in his professional career.

Currently, Azam is at the age of 29 years old and is very close to becoming one of the 3,000-run makers of World Test Championship (WTC) points; we have calculated that he needs 339 runs more to achieve this mission and be ranked among the five players in the history.

The stellar batter, who has won many matches for Pakistan in Test, has scored 2,661 runs in WTC which makes him the top run scorer for Pakistan in terms of runs scored in the tournament.

Given his current form and the opportunity to play on challenging pitches in the Indian subcontinent, the ODI captain of the Pakistan men’s team is poised to become a member of the exclusive club in the impending Bangladesh series.

At the moment, only four players have scored more than 3000 runs – all players are from England and Australia, that are two most cricket-oriented countries and the most active in Test cricket.

Joe Root of England is an all-format player with a magnificent aggregate of 4,598 runs in 55 games, next to Marnus Labuschagne with 3,904 runs in 45 matches from Australia, Steve Smith contributing 3,486 runs in 45 games of Australia, and last but not the least, England’s test captain Ben Stokes with 3,101 runs in 48 games.

Azam, having played 29 matches in WTC, is only six runs away from breaching the 3,000- run mark, the first Asia’s batsmen to do so, let alone India’s Rohit Sharma (2,552) and Virat Kohli (2,235).

The series against Bangladesh is important part of Pakistan’s plan to improve their standing in the World Test Championship cycle.

For Azam this series is more than an ability to lead his team toward the victory, it also possible to become the world class Test batsman