Comparison between Virat Kohli and Babar Azam is nothing new. Ever since Pakistani captain Babar started performing consistently well, fans have started comparing him with Virat Kohli.

Kohli and Babar have played many matches against each other. Recently, both of them came face to face during the 2023 ODI World Cup, where Babar scored a half-century, while Virat Kohli could score only 16 runs. However, India won that match by 7 wickets.

Now both the star batsmen will once again face each other in the T20 World Cup 2024. This match between India and Pakistan will be played in New York on June 9. And everyone’s eyes will be on Babar Azam and Virat Kohli.

Before this, take a look at the T20 World Cup statistics of both the players

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Kohli made his T20 World Cup debut in 2012. He has so far scored 1141 runs in 25 innings at an average of 81.50. On the other hand, Babar Azam made his T20 World Cup debut in 2021. He has so far scored 427 runs in 13 innings. During this, his average is 35.58.

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Strike rate is very important in T20 cricket and when it comes to a tournament like the T20 World Cup, it becomes even more important. Virat Kohli has maintained a strike rate of 131.30 in the T20 World Cup. On the other hand, Babar Azam’s strike rate is 114.47.

It took less innings to score 50

Kohli has scored 14 half-centuries in 25 innings. This means that he took 1.79 innings to score a half-century. Whereas Babar Azam has scored 5 fifties in 13 innings in the T20 World Cup. This means that he took 2.6 innings to score a half-century.