LAHORE (Abdul Basit): Pakistan ace batter Babar Azam is on the verge of achieving a major milestone in ODI cricket during the upcoming three-match series against the West Indies, starting on Wednesday.
Babar Azam has the opportunity to level and surpass Pakistan’s legendary batter Saeed Anwar’s tally of most centuries for the Green Shirts in the ODI format. The 30-year-old has scored 19 ODI centuries, placing him in an impressive second position in the list of most centuries by Pakistani batters. He is just one century away from equaling the legendary Saeed Anwar’s record of 20 centuries.
Most ODI Centuries for Pakistan were scored by Saeed Anwar (247 matches, 20 centuries, 8824 runs), followed by Babar Azam (131 matches, 19 centuries, 6235 runs) and Mohammad Yousuf (281 matches, 15 centuries, 9554 runs). In the forthcoming three-match ODI series against West Indies, Babar needs to score two centuries to surpass Saeed Anwar and further secure his legacy in cricket history.
Furthermore, if he scores centuries in all three matches, he will join David Warner, Sourav Ganguly, and Tillakaratne Dilshan in tenth place on the list of most hundreds in ODIs. It is noteworthy to mention that Babar Azam already holds the record for most centuries as a Pakistani player against the West Indies, with five centuries to his name.
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