
PAK vs CAN: Captain Babar Azam demotes himself to number 3 in must-win clash
India TodayPakistan captain Babar Azam demoted himself to number three during his team’s third clash of the T20 World Cup 2024 against Canada on Tuesday, June 11 at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. T20 World Cup: Full Coverage | Complete Schedule Babar Azam's record at number 3 Babar has opened the innings for the majority of his T20I career playing 84 innings at the top. However, the Pakistan skipper has even better numbers batting at the number three position, having scored 20167 runs from 28 innings at an average of 46.39 and a strike rate of 129.64 with 11 fifties to his name. In his T20I career so far, Babar has scored 4080 runs from 115 innings at an average of 40.80 and a strike rate of 129.77 with three hundreds and 36 fifties.
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