Stats Show Babar Azam is a Better Captain Than Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Sarfaraz

Pakistan’s all-format captain, Babar Azam, has been in front of the firing line recently after Pakistan’s poor home season where they failed to win the Test series against England and the Test and ODI series against New Zealand.

Pakistan’s poor performance over the past few months has led to a lot of commotion on social media with many cricket fans asking for Babar to be removed as captain from at least one of the three formats.

Despite a recent turn of form, Pakistan has been one of the most consistent sides in world cricket under the captaincy of Babar. The star batter has created a healthy team atmosphere during his two-year tenure as captain, which has led to some magnificent performances on the pitch by the Men in Green.

Statistically, Babar has been the best captain in Pakistan cricket history, with the best win/loss ratio out of all the players that have captained Pakistan in at least two of the three formats.

According to the details, Pakistan has a win/loss ratio of 1.79 under Babar’s captaincy, which is the best in their history as of yet. Former captain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, is second on the list with a win/loss ratio of 1.69.

Pakistan’s World Cup-winning captain, Imran Khan had a win/loss ratio of 1.33 in the 187 matches he captained the team while Wasim Akram had a ratio of 1.59 in the 134 matches.

Check out the record of Pakistan’s captains in all three formats: (min 50 matches)

Captain	Matches	Won	Lost	W/L
Imran Khan	187	89	67	1.328
Wasim Akram	134	78	49	1.591
Misbah-ul-Haq	151	77	60	1.283
Inzamam-ul-Haq	119	63	44	1.431
Babar Azam	105	61	34	1.906
Sarfaraz Ahmed	100	61	36	1.694
Waqar Younis	79	47	30	1.566
Javed Miandad	96	40	39	1.025
Shahid Afridi	82	38	42	0.904
Shoaib Malik	64	38	24	1.583

Babar has captained Pakistan in 18 Tests, 21 ODIs, and 66 T20Is, over the span of the past three years.