Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli Stats and Record Best Comaprison

Virat Kohli and Babar Azam are two of the most talented cricketers in the world today. A hot topic for debate that came out of this is who is the better between Babar Azam and Virat Kohli. Even though Virat Kohli debuted much earlier in 2008 and Babar Azam played his first international In the year 2015. 

Post modified on: January 2024

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli’s topic got on fire again when Babar Azam ended Kohli’s reign of 1258 days on top of the ODI rankings of batters. At that time  Kholi had already played more than 150 ODIs when Babar debuted his international career and played his first international match for Pakistan in 2015.

Baber is now the fastest cricket player to score 2000 runs in ODIs. Babar had played only 47 matches to reach 2000 runs, while Kohli took 56 matches to reach the milestone.

Undoubtedly, both Babar Azam and Virat Kohli are the best players in their own nations. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at both players and compare their performances to determine who is the better cricket player.

Let’s first take a look at their profiles.

Babar Azam and Virat Kohli’s profile

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli Stats

The best way to know who is better Virat or Babar lets compare their states and scores in all forms of cricket i.e. Test, ODI, and T20. By looking at the stats we can simply conclude who is better babar azam or Virat Kohli. This state is collected from various trusted sources so we are able to compare facts fully and find out the proper conclusions.

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli all format

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli in test 

Babar Azam debuted his Test in the year 2016 and played a total of 52 matches in which he scored 3898 runs with an average of 45.9. On the other hand, Virat Kohli debuted earlier on 20th June 2011, and played against West Indies. he has played a total of 113 matches and scored 8848 runs, including 29 centuries and 30 half-centuries.

Babar Azam	Details	Virat Kohli
13 October 2016 Vs West Indies	Debuted	20 June 2011 vs West Indies
52	Matches	113
3898	Runs	8848
45.9	Average	49.15
54	Strick Rate	55.56
9	100s	29
26	50s	30

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli ODI comparison

For the ODI Virat Kohli debuted in 2008 and Babar Azam debuted in 2015. Babar Azam played a total of 117 matches and scored 5729 Runs with an average of 56.7 whereas on the other hand, Virat Kohli played 292 matches and scored a total of 13848 runs with an average of 58.67. If we look at the average hear Babar Azam has more average than Virat Kohli in ODI. Kholi took 56 matches to reach 2000 runs whereas Babar Azam reached the milestone in Only 47 matches and also became the fastest player to score 2000 runs in ODI.

Babar Azam	Details	Virat Kohli
31 May 2015 Vs Zimbabwe	Debuted	18 August 2008 Vs Shri Lanka
117	Matches	292
5729	Runs	13848
56.7	Average	58.67
88.8	Strick Rate	93.58
19	100s	50
28	50s	72

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli T20

If we Talk about T20i Babar Azam Played his 1st match on 7 Sep 2016 and Virat Debuted on 12 June 2010. Babar Azam scored a total of 3698 runs in 109 matches maintaining an average of 41.5 , on hand Kohli scored 4037 runs in 117 matches. for the T20 Kohli has an average of 51.75 which is more than Babar.

Babar hit 2 centuries and 30 half-centuries and Virat Kohli has made 1 century and 37 half-centuries.

Babar Azam	Details	Virat Kohli
7 September 2016 vs Englang	Debuted	12 June 2010 vs Zimbabwe
109	Matches	117
3698	Runs	4037
41.5	Average	51.75
129.1	Strick Rate	137.96
2	100s	1
30	50s	37

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Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli captaincy record

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli Captaincy records in test

Babar Azam according to sports adda has played 18 matches as captain in tests in which the team has won 8 times and lost 6 times.

according to mpl.live Virat Kohli has Played a total of 68 matches out of which 39 won, 16 lost, and 11 draws.

Babar Azam	details	Virat kohli
18	Match	68
8	Wins	39
6	Loss	16
4	Match Draw	11
44.44%	Win Percentage	58.82%

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli Captaincy in ODI

Babar Azam	details	Virat kohli
21	Match	95
13	Wins	65
7	Loss	27
1	Match Draw	3
64.28	Win Percentage	68.42

Babar Azam vs. Virat Kohli Captaincy in T20

Babar Azam	details	Virat kohli
66	Match	50
40	Wins	30
21	Loss	16
4	Match Draw	4
65.57%	Win Percentage	64.58

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli Captaincy in domestic T20 (PSL) and (IPL)

Babar Azam	details	Virat kohli
1	Match	140
0	Wins	64
1	Loss	69
0	Match Draw	7
	Win Percentage	45.71

Virat Kohli vs Babar Azam: Who has more international centuries?

No doubt Virat Kohli has more centuries as he has played more matches in all three formats. Kholi scored a total of 75 centuries and Babar scored a total of 31 centuries. In Tests, Virat has scored 28 centuries, while in ODIs, he has made 46 centuries and 1 in T20Is on the other hand Babar has scored 9 centuries in Test Matches, 18 in ODIs, and 3 in T20Is.

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Who is the better batsman? “Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli“

Currently, Virat Kohli is the better batsman as compared to Babar but Babar Azam is on the way to breaking all those records of Virat Kohli. these players are undoubtedly the best batsmen in their respective countries and team. Babar is the current World No. 1 batter in the ODI, No. 4 in the T20I format, and World No. 3 in the Tests

Conclusion

Based on our research and our analysis of the stats OF Babar and Virat, we find out that both Kohli and Azam are talented and fine cricket players. Although, Kohli has a higher batting average and a larger number of centuries that give him a slight edge over Azam. That being said, Azam’s impressive strike rate and strong performances in other areas of the game should not be overlooked and he is on the way to break the records of Kohli.

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