The Pakistan cricket team will be keen to end their seven-year ICC trophy drought at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.
Having lost in the final of the previous edition of the T20 World Cup to England, the Men in Green will be determined to go all the way.
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All eyes with be on skipper Babar Azam and his partner-in-crime Mohammad Rizwan, who have, in all honesty, been the two single-most consistent cornerstones of the team in the last few years.
But which of these two batting mavericks is the real star of the Pakistan cricket team? The Sporting News takes a look at their stats in all formats in the last two years.
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How have Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan performed in all formats since 2022?
Let’s take a look at the all-format stats of the Babar-Rizwan duo since 2022.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in Tests since 2022:
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | S.R. | 50s | 100s | HS |
| Babar Azam | 15 | 28 | 1437 | 51.32 | 54.74 | 7 | 4 | 196 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 11 | 20 | 644 | 37.88 | 60.13 | 2 | 1 | 104* |
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in ODIs since 2022:
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | S.R. | 50s | 100s | HS |
| Babar Azam | 34 | 33 | 1744 | 56.25 | 86.93 | 15 | 5 | 151 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 33 | 30 | 1224 | 55.63 | 91.41 | 9 | 1 | 131* |
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in T20Is since 2022:
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | S.R. | 50s | 100s | HS |
| Babar Azam | 43 | 41 | 1260 | 34.05 | 129.62 | 10 | 2 | 110* |
| Mohammad Rizwan | 40 | 38 | 1485 | 49.50 | 126.81 | 14 | 0 | 98* |
In Tests, Babar is head and shoulders above Rizwan, while it’s the opposite in T20Is, with Rizwan scoring more runs in lesser innings and also averaging more. In ODIs, although Babar has scored 520 more runs than Rizwan, their averages are very similar.
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