Babar Azam once again disappointed the team. (Photo-Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
Babar Azam’s Batting: On the first day of the first Test match being played between Pakistan and South Africa, four batsmen of the host team scored brilliant fifties. Meanwhile, the team’s veteran batsman Babar Azam once again flopped with the bat. He was sent to the pavilion by the South African bowler, who returned to international cricket after 947 days. With this, the wait for Babar Azam to score a century increased further. He has not been able to score a century for the last 73 innings and 31 months.
Babar Azam disappointed again
captain of pakistan Shan Masood After Babar Azam’s dismissal, he entered the field. He hit some brilliant shots in the beginning, but South African spinner Simon Harmer gave a big blow to the host team by getting Babar Azam out LBW. Simon Harmer is returning to international cricket after March 2023. Babar Azam returned to the pavilion after scoring 23 runs in 48 balls with the help of 4 fours. With this, the wait for him to score a century increased further.
Babar Azam last scored a century in international cricket on 30 August 2023. He scored this century against Nepal. Since then no century has come from his bat. After this he has played 73 innings, but has not been able to score any century. During this period, Babar Azam has played 29 innings in ODI, 23 innings in T20I and 21 innings in Test match.
Babar Azam has now gone 73 innings without scoring a century, dismissed today for just 23 runs
Last Century came vs Mighty Nepal.
He Averages only 23.57 in Last 14 Test matches!#PAKvsSA pic.twitter.com/BzenETtAFD
— 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 (@Shebas_10dulkar) October 12, 2025
Couldn’t score a century in test cricket for 3 years
Babar Azam No one has been able to score a century in Test cricket in the last three years. He played an inning of 161 runs against New Zealand in Karachi on 26 December 2022. After this, no century came from his bat in this format. Babar Azam has played 60 test matches so far. In his 109 innings, he has scored 4258 runs at an average of 42.58. This includes 9 centuries and 29 half-centuries. In ODIs, Babar Azam has scored 19 centuries in 134 matches, while he has scored 3 centuries in 128 T20Is.