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Babar Azam's international career began in the year 2015 and he has been scoring runs consistently which made him the number 1 batsman in ICC ODI Rankings. Babar Azam has scored 12,459 runs in international career and notably, he has been the fourth highest run-scorer in men's T20I history only behind Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Martin Guptill.
Here, in this article, we will see how Babar Azam has performed against spin bowlers in different formats.
Babar Azam vs spin bowlers in international cricket:
Innings - 226
Runs - 5231
Balls - 6738
Average - 60.12
Dismissals - 87
Overall, Babar Azam has got out 87 times against spin bowling in international cricket of the 226 innings.
Babar Azam against spinners in ODIs:
Innings - 76
Runs - 2170
Balls - 2465
Average - 77.5
Strike Rate - 88.03
Dismissals - 28
Among all spinners, Adil Rashid has dismissed him most number of times.
Babar Azam vs Adil Rashid in ODIs:
Innings - 10
Runs - 144
Balls - 134
Average - 48
Strike Rate - 107.46
Dismissals - 3
Other bowlers like Rashid Khan, Ish Sodhi, Moeen Ali have also dismissed Babar Azam twice in ODIs.
Babar Azam vs Rashid Khan in ODIs:
Innings - 4
Runs - 48
Balls - 53
Average - 24
Strike Rate - 90.56
Dismissals - 2
In the recently, completed three-match ODI series between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Babar Azam struggled to play Rashid Khan. Notably, in the past Babar Azam has been dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav several times.
Babar Azam vs Indian spinners in ODIs:
Innings - 4
Runs - 62
Balls - 93
Average - 20.66
Strike Rate - 66.66
Dismissals - 3
Babar Azam vs Kuldeep Yadav in ODIs:
Innings - 3
Runs - 18
Balls - 34
Average - 9
Strike Rate - 52.94
Dismissals - 2
Babar Azam has always struggled to play Kuldeep Yadav, as he dismissed him during both Asia Cup 2018 & World Cup 2019.
Babar Azam scores vs India in ODIs:
8(12) in Champions Trophy 2017 (Group Stage) - [Dismissed by Umesh Yadav]
46(52) in Champions Trophy 2017 (Finals) - [Dismissed by Kedar Jadhav]
47(62) in Asia Cup 2018 (Group Stage) - [Dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav]
9(25) in Asia Cup 2018 (Super Fours) - [Run out]
48(57) in ODI World Cup - [Dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav]
Babar Azam has been dismissed thrice by Indian spinners in the past in ODIs.
