Pakistan's talisman Babar Azam played his first game of the ICC 2024 T20 World Cup campaign against USA at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. After a lot of chopping and changing, Azam opened the innings against USA.
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Despite his heroics, Azam is yet to win the T20 World Cup with Pakistan, and will be fired up to get the job done on US soil. After losing the final in 2022, the skipper would hope to go one step further in 2024.
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How much did Babar Azam score against USA in the 2024 T20 World Cup?
Babar Azam vs USA: 44 (43), lbw b Jasdeep Singh.
Babar Azam opened the batting for Pakistan along with Mohammad Rizwan. The 30-year-old failed to get going in the game, scoring 44 at just over a run-a-ball. With wickets tumbling at one end, Azam found it difficult to free his hands in the game. However, his achoring innings did help Pakistan extend their score beyond 140.
How has Babar Azam fared in T20 World Cup 2024?
The game against USA was Babar Azam's first game of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 campaign.
| Opponent | Runs | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 44 | 102.33 |
What is Babar Azam’s T20 World Cup record over the years?
Babar Azam has a below-par record, according to his standards, at the T20 World Cups. Although Babar has only represented Pakistan in two T20 WCs before 2024, the skipper scored the highest runs in his debut year in 2021.
However, Babar Azam's strike-rate is of huge concern, given that he is the backbone of this Pakistan batting unit.
| Matches | Runs | Average | SR | 50s | 100s | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 464 | 38.66 | 112.34 | 5 | 0 | 70 |
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