In 2023, Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi continued to be top performers. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) declared in a statement on Monday that bowler Shaheen Afridi and former captain Babar Azam continued to be Pakistan’s two best players in international cricket in 2023.
The PCB stated in a post on X that Afridi was Pakistan’s top wicket-taker and Babar was still the team’s top run scorer.
Days after Pakistan was eliminated from the World Cup in the group stages, Babar resigned as captain of the cricket team in November of last year.
Babar performed poorly in the 50-over Asia Cup and World Cup competitions before struggling in Pakistan’s current Test series against Australia.
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Last month, Babar continued to hold the top spot in the ODI batters’ rankings with 1,399 runs from 35 matches, including three hundreds and ten fifties throughout the year.
Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi was named Pakistan T20 team captain after Babar resigned. In 30 games, the left-arm bowler claimed 62 wickets at an average of 27.80 in 2023.
In 2023, Bismah Maroof, the previous captain of Pakistan, emerged as the team’s top run scorer with an astounding 624 runs from 25 matches, including three half-centuries.
With an astounding 30 wickets at an average of 23.13 in 24 matches last year, Nashra Sundhu continued to be Pakistan’s leading wicket-taker in international matches.
