Mohammad Babar Azam is a Pakistani international cricketer who is also the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats. Born on October 15, 1994, Babar Azam is regarded as one of the finest batters in contemporary world cricket.
Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam
Pakistan’s star batter, Babar Azam will take over as Peshawar Zalmi’s captain for the upcoming season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). According to ESPNcricinfo, the club began a transformation that began in 2021 with the intention of forming a new core after acquiring Babar from the Karachi Kings in exchange for Shoaib Malik and Haider Ali.
Zalmi has had the most ardent supporters of any team in the league since its inception in 2016. Until Hasan left last year, Daren Sammy, Hasan Ali, Kamran Akmal, and Wahab Riaz wore the same colors.
The miscommunication with Akmal and the midseason benching of their captain Sammy in order to appoint him as a coach, for example, have both been obstacles.
Zalmi won the championship in 2017, and ever since then, he has had a consistent run, reaching the finals in 2018, 2019, and 2021, as well as the elimination round in 2020 and 2022. The team has relied heavily on Wahab.
Despite having the most wickets in the league, the franchise decided to keep him. However, his impact on the field has diminished since he was 37 years old. At the beginning of this year, he was moved from the platinum to the diamond PSL player category. Akmal, who is 40, has been let go.
Zalmi is seeking 11 players for the Karachi PSL draft on December 15. They have retained Sherfane Rutherford, Aamir Jamal (Brand Ambassador), Salman Irshad, and Tom-Kohler Cadmore in addition to signing hard-hitting batter Mohammad Haris.
In the inaugural PSL season of 2016, Babar began his career with Islamabad United, but he was dropped after just two games. He has played for Karachi Kings ever since the following year, where he has dominated the charts with an average of 43.60 and a strike rate of 121.97.
He has also scored 2413 runs in 68 matches to become the tournament’s leading scorer. However, his relationship with the team deteriorated, and under his leadership, the team finished last, losing nine of ten games. The kings will now be led by Imad Wasim.
From February 9 to March 19, PSL 2023 will take place. The matches will be held in four urban areas: Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, and Multan, up from two in the past two seasons (Lahore and Karachi) because of the Coronavirus.