Virat Kohli could be bettered by Babar Azam someday: Pakistani commentator Ramiz Raja

Pakistan cricketer Babar Azam has been one of best batsmen in world across formats recently. Pakistan international has been in tremendous form since making his international debut. Babar Azam is currently in top five of ICC rankings across all three formats and is only player to do so. And it doesn't come as a surprise that he is being compared to India skipper Virat Kohli by numbers he has achieved so far in his career.

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Ramiz Raja says Babar Azam has potential to go past Virat Kohli

w, former Pakistan cricketer-turned-commentator Ramiz Raja has made a huge claim. Ramiz Raja has said that Babar Azam has ability to even go past Virat Kohli. But according to Ramiz Raja, Babar Azam has to get an encouraging environment around him to be best in world. Ramiz Raja also said that Babar Azam needs to think about only winning game for Pakistan and play freely.

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According to Cricket Pakistan, Ramiz Raja said that for Babar Azam,  sky is limit. Ramiz Raja added that until and unless Babar Azam gets environment which is encouraging and engaging, he won’t be able to live up to his potential. He has potential to even beat Virat Kohli but he needs to free up his mind and t think about losing. As soon as he does that and thinks about scoring runs and winning, he will remain a great player for a very long time.

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Babar Azam, who is in his fifth year of international cricket, has shown that he has a long way to go and his future is certainly bright. Babar Azam avers a staggering 54.18 in ODIs after playing 74 matches and has amassed 3359 runs so far with 11 centuries and 15 fifties. His consistency in shortest format of game leaves many in awe.

He has mustered 1471 runs in just 38 innings in T20Is with as many as 13 half-centuries. However, when it comes to Test format, he is getting better. Currently, he avers 45.12 after 26 Tests and was easily Pakistan's top performer on ir tour of Australia in  2019-20 summer.

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