Babar Azam Joins Virat Kohli in ICC’s Top 10 Batsmen in All Formats

Star batsman Babar Azam has entered into an elite club, joining Indian skipper Virat Kohli in the list of top 10 batsmen of all formats.

Following his hundred at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday, the 25-year-old has now entered into the top 10 Test batsmen on the ICC rankings list published after the completion of Pakistan-Sri Lanka and Australia-New Zealand Test matches.

Babar is currently placed at 9th in Test rankings, 3rd in ODI rankings and 1st in the T20I rankings. The only other player in all three lists is Virat Kohli who is ruling both the Tests and ODIs lists.

Pos	Player	Team	Rating
1	Virat Kohli	IND	928
2	Steve Smith	AUS	911
3	Kane Williamson	NZ	864
4	Cheteshwar Pujara	IND	791
5	Marnus Labuschagne	AUS	786
6	Ajinkya Rahane	IND	759
7	David Warner	AUS	755
8	Joe Root	ENG	752
9	Babar Azam	PAK	728
10	Dimuth Karunaratne	SL	725

Pos	Player	Team	Rating
1	Virat Kohli	IND	895
2	Rohit Sharma	IND	863
3	Babar Azam	PAK	834
4	Francois du Plessis	SA	820
5	Ross Taylor	NZ	817
6	Kane Williamson	NZ	796
7	David Warner	AUS	794
8	Joe Root	ENG	787
9	Quinton de Kock	SA	781
10	Jason Roy	ENG	774

Pos	Player	Team	Rating
1	Babar Azam	PAK	879
2	Aaron Finch	AUS	810
3	Dawid Malan	ENG	782
4	Colin Munro	NZ	780
5	Glenn Maxwell	AUS	766
6	Lokesh Rahul	IND	734
7	Evin Lewis	WI	699
8	Hazratullah	AFG	692
9	Rohit Sharma	IND	686
10	Virat Kohli	IND	685

David Warner, Rohit Sharma, Joe Root, and Kane Williamson are currently included in the top 10 batsmen in two different formats.

Babar vs Kohli

Ever since Babar’s entry on the international scene, there has been a Babar vs Kohli debate which, although denounced by the former saying Kohli is a great batsman and that he needs to improve his game to be compared to him, is now relevant more than ever.