Babar Azam
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 began on February 19 with hosts Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Stadium in Karachi. In this match, the dominance of the Kiwi team was clearly seen, who started his home with a stunning victory in the tournament with 60 runs at his home. The way for the Pakistan team to reach the semi -finals from here is considered very difficult, as they have to play their next match against India on 23 February on the Dubai ground. Babar Azam’s biggest reason for the Pakistani team’s defeat in the match against New Zealand was the slow batting of Babar Azam, in which Babar Azam’s bat, who landed in the opening for the Pakistani team, got a half -century in 81 balls.
Babur broke Shoaib Malika’s 16 -year -old record
The record for Pakistan team scoring the slowest half -century in the ICC Champions Trophy is named after Nasir Jamshed, who completed his fifty in 91 balls in the match against West Indies played on The Oval in 2013. At the same time, Babar Azam’s name is second in this list in which he has worked to break the 16 -year -old record of Shoaib Malik. Babur completed his fifty in 81 balls in the match against New Zealand. At the same time, Shoaib Malik, who was now at number three in the list, completed his fifty in 81 balls in the match played against India in 2009 against India.
Pakistani player who scored the slowest half -century in the history of Champions Trophy
- Nasir Jamshed – 91 Ball (vs West Indies, The Oval, 2013)
- Babar Azam – 81 Ball (vs New Zealand, Karachi, Year 2025)
- Shoaib Malik – 81 Ball (vs India, Centurion, 2009)
- Saeed Anwar – 79 Ball (vs Sri Lanka, Colombo, 2002)
Babur scored the fifth fifth half -century of his ODI career
Babar Azam has often been criticized due to his slow batting, but despite this, there was not much change in his way of playing. Even in the match against New Zealand, while Pakistani batsmen were trying to speed up the pace of runs from one end, on the other hand Babar Azam was constantly working to increase the pressure by playing dot ball. Babur scored the fifth slowest half -century of his ODI career in this match. Babur has scored the slowest half -century of his ODI career so far in 86 balls in the match played against New Zealand in 2023 at the Karachi stadium.
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