Former Pakistan wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal believes Babar Azam and Shubman Gill have a superb likelihood of breaking Virat Kohli’s file for probably the most variety of centuries in ODIs. Throughout India’s World Cup semi-final towards New Zealand, Kohli went previous Sachin Tendulkar’s file of 49 ODI centuries, a feat that many imagine will likely be inconceivable to overhaul because the variety of ODIs being performed has diminished.
Whereas Tendulkar had taken 463 ODIs for 49 centuries, Kohli has overtaken him in 291 matches and appears set to carry the file for an extended interval. With 31 centuries, India’s present captain Rohit Sharma is third on the record.
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And pointing to the very fact the many of the ODI centuries has been scored by batsmen, who bat on the high of the order, and contains the likes of Sanath Jayasuriya, Ricky Ponting, Hashim Amla within the high six, Kamran mentioned Babar who has 19 centuries and is just 29 years has a superb likelihood of overtaking Kohli.
“Anybody who bats within the high three can break that file. It is extremely difficult for middle-order batsmen to get to such a quantity. We have now Babar Azam, who bats at No 3 and he has an opportunity. India have Shubman Gill, who opens the batting, and he also can go for the file,” Akmal mentioned on ARY Information.
After failing to take Pakistan into the knockouts, Babar resigned as their captain couple of days in the past.