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Pakistan team is currently on tour of Bangladesh. Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam performed brilliantly during this tour. By scoring a brilliant half-century in the Sylhet Test against Bangladesh, Babar made a record in his name which has sparked a new debate in the cricket world. Babar has now reached the forefront in the list of batsmen who have scored the most number of half-centuries in international cricket in the decade of 2020. The special thing is that in this race, India’s star batsman Virat Kohli is also seen far behind him. This is the reason why Babar is being discussed everywhere.

Sylhet Test was not easy for Pakistan. The team was under pressure and early wickets had fallen early. In such difficult times, Babar Azam took the responsibility and after that brought the team back into the match once again. His innings was not limited to just scoring runs, but proved to be the innings that took the team out of trouble.

Babar played brilliantly

Babar Azam achieved another big feat by scoring a brilliant half-century in the Sylhet Test against Bangladesh. Babar returned after missing the Mirpur Test due to injury and scored 68 runs in 84 balls, which included 10 fours. Thanks to his innings, Pakistan made a comeback after falling 4 wickets for 79 runs and scored 232 runs in the first innings. Due to this Bangladesh’s lead reduced to just 46 runs.

Importantly recorded my name

During this innings, Babar Azam also completed his 9000 runs in international cricket in the decade of 2020. With this, he moved ahead of Joe Root and his teammate Mohammad Rizwan in the list of batsmen who have scored the most international runs after January 2020. Babar Azam has scored 9060 runs in 231 innings of 212 international matches so far in this decade. During this period his batting average has been 42.53. He has also scored 17 centuries during this period, which is the third highest after Joe Root and Shubman Gill.

Left Virat behind

Virat Kohli, who ruled international cricket in the last decade, is currently at sixth place in this list. The former India captain has scored 6771 runs in 182 innings in international cricket since January 2020. Virat Kohli is no longer a part of India’s all-format team. He retired from T20 International cricket in 2024 and Test cricket in 2025.

Gave a befitting reply to critics

Babar Azam, who has been facing criticism for a long time, gave a befitting reply to his critics through this innings. Cricket experts believe that Babar’s biggest strength is his consistency and that is why he has scored runs in almost every format in the last six years.

For the last few years till now, Babar Azam has continuously remained the backbone of Pakistan batting. Be it Test cricket, ODI or T20, Babar has performed like a run machine in every format. As a result of this continuous performance, he has now made this record in his name.