-Vinay Kumar
Babar Azam, the strong batsman and captain of the Pakistan cricket team, made many records in his career in a very short time, broke many records and won many awards. In some respects, he has even surpassed the current batsman Virat Kohli. But, now he is being compared with Virat Kohli. Babar Azam, Craig Brathwaite of West Indies and Pat Cummins of Australia have been nominated for ‘Player of the Month’ for their outstanding performances in the month of March.
The name of the player who won this award will be announced next week. It is worth noting that Babar Azam had shown a great game in the bilateral series played against the Australia team on the tour of Pakistan. In the month of March, his bat scored 390 runs in Test cricket. In which he scored a record-breaking 196 runs in the second Test match of the series against Australia. Thanks to his explosive innings, Pakistan’s team was able to draw that match.
Let us remind you that in the two ODIs played against Australia last month, he scored 57 and 114 runs. With his brilliant century in the second ODI, the Pakistan team reached the target of 349 runs.
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It is worth noting that Babar Azam has been nominated for this award for the second time. He has been awarded this award for his brilliant performance in April last year. West Indies team captain and opener Brathwaite scored 341 runs at an average of 85.25 in the recently concluded World Test Championship 2021-23 series against England (ENG vs WI 2022).
In the second match of this Test series, he played a very responsible innings of 160 runs in 489 balls in response to the huge score in the first innings of England and saved his team from defeat. And Australia’s dashing all-rounder Pat Cummins bowled tremendously in the recent series against Pakistan. In the third test match, he took 5 for 56 in the first innings and walked 3 for 23 in the second innings and led his team to victory. He took 12 wickets in this series at an average of 22.50. Both these players are also involved in the competition for this ICC award.