Babar Azam or Virat Kohli, who is a better batsman? Australian legend puts a full stop to the debate

News Update

Tezzbuzz|07-08-2024

Virat Kohli: Team India's great batsman Virat Kohli is considered to be the best batsman of the present era.

He has set some such records in the cricket world, which will not be easy for anyone to break. But there is also a camp of fans, who consider Pakistan's white ball captain Babar Azam a better batsman than Virat. But now the Australian legend has put a full stop to this debate. Let us give you complete information on the matter.

Who is the better batsman?

Australia's dashing opening batsman Usman Khawaja expressed his views on the comparison between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam in his recent interview.

He did not clearly state who is the better batsman, but with his answer he has put an end to the ongoing debate among the fans. He said that there are many things in Babar Azam's batting that are similar to Virat Kohli's batting technique.

What did Usman Khawaja say?

In a video shared by Fox Cricket on YouTube, Usman Khawaja said that Babar Azam bats like Virat Kohli in many things, if not completely. He said,

“Babar Azam doesn't always bat like Virat, but for some reason when you watch him play, he feels like Virat in many ways.”

What do the statistics say?

If we look at the head to head statistics of Babar Azam and Virat Kohli, the Pakistani batsman is nowhere in front of Virat. Kohli has scored 13886 runs in 294 ODIs at an average of 58.34, while Babar has scored 5729 runs in 117 ODIs at an average of 56.72. Apart from this, King Kohli is far ahead in T20 and Test matches as well.

What do the statistics say?

If we look at the head to head statistics of Babar Azam and Virat Kohli, the Pakistani batsman is nowhere in front of Virat. Kohli has scored 13886 runs in 294 ODIs at an average of 58.34, while Babar has scored 5729 runs in 117 ODIs at an average of 56.72. Apart from this, King Kohli is far ahead in T20 and Test matches as well.

Latest Newsmore
1

AUS W vs IND W 2026: Australia Women vs India Women, 2nd T20I – Full highlights, top moments & winner details

19-Feb-2026 • CricTracker
2

West Indies Women vs Sri Lanka Women Prediction, 1st ODI – Who will win today's match between WI W vs SL W?

19-Feb-2026 • CricTracker
3

Jhye Richardson signs with Yorkshire for upcoming County Championship season

19-Feb-2026 • CricTracker
4

2nd T20I: Voll's 88 Helps Australia Beat India By 19 Runs, Get First Points In Multi-format Series

19-Feb-2026 • CricketnMore
5

AUS W vs IND W: Smriti Mandhana-Shefali Verma’s hard work goes in vain, Australia equalizes in T20 series

19-Feb-2026 • Sanjeev Kumar