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Pakistani Twitter celebrates as Babar Azam becomes fastest cricketer to reach 14 ODI centuries

Pakistani Twitter celebrates as Babar Azam becomes fastest cricketer to reach 14 ODI centuries

Pakistan may have lost the ODI to England but Azam is being praised for his stunning 158-run knock.
14 Jul, 2021

Pakistani Twitter is celebrating Babar Azam for becoming the fast cricketer to reach 14 ODI centuries, beating Virat Kohli and several other international players.

Pakistan lost the match (and series) to England but Azam's brilliant 158 knock has set several records. It's Azam's highest one-day international score, made him the fastest player to 14 ODI centuries by number of innings and the first Pakistani captain to score a century in England in 38 years.

He also became the first Pakistani captain to score 150 runs in an inning.

Social media was full of celebrations for the Pakistani captain.

Some took weird satisfaction in his skill.

There was lots of fun being made of India's Kohli.

Others, like singer Asim Azhar, warned people to never doubt greatness.

Some fans had given up hope after Azam was out for a duck in the first ODI and 19 in the second. England won both those matches as well.

But they saw the 158 as a redemption for Azam, who previously dethroned Kohli to become the world's number one ODI batsman.

His innings received a standing ovation from fans at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground.

Fans compared him to another captain, the last captain to hit a century in England.

Others paid tribute to him and said this proved he wasn't a selfish player.

Some people believe he's a national treasure.

Take a bow, captain.

What was your reaction to the match and Azam's innings?

Comments

Jonathen Jul 14, 2021 01:10pm
personal records, nothing else
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Jul 14, 2021 01:14pm
Well done, keep it up and hang on tough. Remember, consistency is the key to success and stardom.
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Fazal khaliq Jul 14, 2021 01:26pm
If pak had won, it would have been like icing on the cake
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Amer Jul 14, 2021 01:26pm
Wait for the haters comment from other side.
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Farhan khan Jul 14, 2021 01:27pm
3 Sri Lanka, 4 West Indies, 2 Zimbabwe, 1 New Zealand, 1 Australia, 1 South Africa and 2 Against England. What a record, Play only against weak teams.
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Fazal khaliq Jul 14, 2021 01:27pm
If had won it would have been like icing on the cake
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Perspective Jul 14, 2021 01:27pm
Against Sri Lanka x 3 Against West Indies x 4 Against Zimbabwe x 2 Against NZ x 1 Against Eng X 1 Against SA X 1 Against Eng x 2 Against Aus x 1 9 against the underdogs; easy to mess with numbers. Not that i am saying he's not a good player.
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Rana Talukdar Jul 14, 2021 01:34pm
Congratulations, a great cricketer is in making. But sorry to say he failed to stimulate the team to have what was seem to be an easy victory.
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Fastrack Jul 14, 2021 01:48pm
In a class of his own. But shouldn't become like Sachin. Country first, always.
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Fastrack Jul 14, 2021 01:48pm
In a class of his own. But shouldn't become like Sachin. Country first, always.
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ABU TALIB Jul 14, 2021 02:21pm
Really great inning.
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Ali Raza Alwani Jul 14, 2021 02:50pm
Team is totally focus on individual performance rather than collective performance
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BAXAR Jul 14, 2021 03:24pm
Rizwan and Babar are very fine strategist. They convinced the English team in first 2 unimportant innings that they were out of touch, then when the English were relaxed in the most crucial inning, they came out to show their batting masterclass and the English were stunned. It was a very good strategy, just that they got mixed up about which inning was more important than the others, but that is just a detail that can be forgotten given the fact they have shown such masterclass.
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Syed Jul 14, 2021 03:25pm
No individual century or double century is important, if you could not lead your team to victory
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Adam Khan Jul 14, 2021 03:45pm
This shows where their priorities are.. just self portrayal and benefits. and Your century is futile like always as no leadership or captaincy skills were shown by you babar.
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Shahbaz Ahmed Tarar Jul 14, 2021 03:53pm
@Perspective All players avail such options to make records. Please don't get jealous.
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Harris Jul 14, 2021 03:59pm
Century against a second string bowling attack. It wasn't England's first team. Just saying.
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NYS Jul 14, 2021 04:17pm
Can we say him Shahid Afridi substitute
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NACParis Jul 14, 2021 04:19pm
Great inning against worst fielding performance by the team
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Jacksmith Jul 14, 2021 04:41pm
Scoring centuries and making records is great but team losing is a huge issue.
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Rahim Jul 14, 2021 05:01pm
Whatta player? A hundred is always like winning. Quickest to 14 hundreds… imagine if he played as many matches as Kohli? Babar would have scored 45 ODI hundreds i.e. 7 ODI hundreds more than king Kohli. Imagine if he played 429 matches? Emperor Babar would have scored 75 ODI hundreds i.e. 25 hundreds more than Tendulkar. Even PMIK can’t match Emperor’s batting talent. Such a talent and captain. Age is on his side. So he is the greatest ever player and captain from the universe.
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qazi Jul 14, 2021 05:09pm
The last 7 wkts thought they can come and hit the six first ball, they thought have crossed 300 , game is in the pocket so lets go out and hit airy weary shots!!! Shaheen shah attitude in the first over when he got hit for 16 runs - was laughing- set the tone. The bowlers had no plans except bowling short. two bowlers bowling at less than 6, bowled only 5 overs each. This brand of cricket will leave no followers. Every interview is same, we made mistakes next time will improve. Bhai till when are you going to make same mistakes? B teams are making records against you. whopping bag team ban gai hae . misbah has brought in tuk tuk mentality, no strike rotation !! bring back mickey- amir
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Abbas Naqvi Jul 14, 2021 05:33pm
He is a Gem of Pakistan cricket who would continue to shine in the years to come.
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K A Abbasi Jul 14, 2021 07:24pm
Babar Azam has salvaged the pride of Pakistan Cricket Team thru his brilliant century.
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Ghalib Jul 14, 2021 07:38pm
I don't care how many centuries you score but you will score a lot less in a rubbish team like Pakistan who have zero plans for attaining success.
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Tadka Jul 14, 2021 08:29pm
@Fastrack he will never be a sachin nor a kohli... but yeah will be his own but below them
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shahid Jul 14, 2021 10:54pm
Well done. Keep breaking records
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Shahzad Arif Jul 15, 2021 01:56am
As a personal achievement its great but his team lost 3-0 to a third string England team. Apart from Stokes, not a single player in this playing XI is England's first choice. He needs to do better with the team selection.
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Dr Dummy Jul 15, 2021 02:53am
@Perspective Include ENGLAND C TEAM as a separate item.
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Mohd Iqbal Jul 15, 2021 03:35am
@Rahim, Play Zimbabwe, Kenya, Bangladesh, Windows, Afghanistan and Babar will be the first player to score a century each match and he will be unparalleled player ever. More than Don Broadman himself.
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P L Bakhshi Jul 15, 2021 04:23am
At least something to cheer in otherwise bleak and dismal emptiness. Appears the fiery batsman Babar Azam will add many more records to his illustrious career.
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Great idea Jul 15, 2021 10:52pm
@Jonathen I don't think so
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