Babar Azam I played brilliant innings against england in third odi played at birmingham Babar Azam finally returned to form, for the first time in 83 matches of his ODI career

Birmingham: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has regained his momentum in the third and final ODI against England on Tuesday. The Pakistan captain, who scored 0 and 19 runs in the first two ODIs respectively, showed his strength in the third ODI with the bat and completed his 14th century of his ODI career. Babar Azam completed his hundred in 104 balls with the help of 9 fours and two sixes in the third ODI in Birmingham.

However, something happened for the first time in ODIs with Babar Azam, which had not happened till date. Babar Azam was unable to open the account in the first 10 balls. For the first time with Babar Azam, playing his 83rd ODI, he needed 10 or more balls to open the account.

Showed strength after a slow start

Please tell that Babar Azam did not open the account for 14 balls. Yes, Babar Azam had to take 15 balls to score the first run. Babar Azam scored only 14 runs in the first 36 balls. After this, he increased his run-scoring pace by scoring 19 runs in the next 16 balls. Soon Babar Azam completed his 18th ODI half-century. Azam completed 50 runs in 72 balls with the help of five fours. Babar Azam shared a 92-run partnership with Imam-ul-Haq (56) for the second wicket. Both put the team’s score beyond 100 runs.

As soon as he returned to form, cricket fans got to see the number-1 batsman in the ICC ODI rankings. Babar Azam laid the foundation for Pakistan’s big score by making a century partnership with Mohammad Rizwan. 26-year-old Babar Azam completed 14 ODI centuries, the fastest in terms of innings. Azam completed 14 ODI centuries in 81 innings.