Kohli vs Babar: Who is better in Kohli-Babar? Former PAK cricketer said – it is like comparing Akram and Shaheen Afridi

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Babar has always been compared to India's star cricketer Virat Kohli. However, the recent achievement of the Pakistan captain has again brought the comparison between the two into the limelight.

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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been awarded two awards by the ICC. He has been awarded the Men's Cricketer of the Year and ODI Player of the Year Award for the year 2022. Babar performed brilliantly last year and scored around 2600 runs in all three formats. Apart from him, no batsman could score more than two thousand runs last year. Babar had led Pakistan to the finals of the Asia Cup and the T20 World Cup. Apart from this, eight 50+ scores were scored in nine ODIs.

Babar has always been compared to India's star cricketer Virat Kohli. However, the recent achievement of the Pakistan captain has again brought the comparison between the two into the limelight. Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt believes that it would not be right to compare the two at the moment. Butt insisted that Kohli is at a different stage in his career.

Babar Azam and Virat Kohli - Photo: Social Media

Butt said in a conversation with Pak TV – both are world class cricketers and great batsmen. There can be no comparison of Virat Kohli at the stage of his career. Kohli has scored 74 international centuries and he had not scored a single century for three years. In such a situation, you can find out his great performance by how many runs he used to score when he was in his rhythm.

Butt said- There comes a phase in a cricketer's life when they perform brilliantly, but then start struggling. Babar is performing exceptionally well right now and we hope he only improves from here. We want him to be great. Most of the role models in Pakistan have played exciting cricket, not consistent cricket. After a long time we have got a player like Babar who is at the top of the charts and we need to enjoy him, cherish him. We don't want to send him into panic mode.

Babar Azam and Virat Kohli - Photo: Social Media

When Butt was asked about the comparison between the two, the former Pakistan captain distanced himself from it. He said - there is no comparison. It is like comparing Wasim Akram and Shaheen Afridi. this is not right. Let us tell you that Babar scored 2598 runs in 44 international matches last year at an average of 54.12 and a strike rate of 74.24. At the same time, Kohli scored 1348 runs in 37 international matches at an average of 38.51. However, Kohli has made a great start to the year 2023.

So far this year, Kohli has scored 338 runs in six international matches at an average of 67.60. These include two centuries. At the same time, Babar has scored 200 runs in four matches at an average of 40. These include two half-centuries. Shubman Gill is at the forefront of scoring the most runs so far this year. He has scored 632 runs in 10 matches in 2023 at an average of 70.22. These include three centuries and one half-century. Conway is second with 482 runs and Kohli is at number three.