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    "title": "Cricket World Cup: Babar Azam Factfile",
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    "excerpt": "Story and fact file of Babar Azam, Pakistan Captain in Cricket World Cup 2023. The world's top-ranked ODI batsman, Babar is captain across all three formats and has amassed more than 12,500 international runs, boasting multiple centuries in each category.",
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    "editor1": "<p>The world&#39;s top-ranked ODI batsman, Babar is captain across all three formats and has amassed more than 12,500 international runs, boasting multiple centuries in each category.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>His staggering ODI average of 58.16 betters even that of India superstar Virat Kohli while his 19 centuries for Pakistan is just one behind the all-time best set by Saeed Anwar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Babar is also Pakistan&#39;s biggest run-maker in T20 internationals and boasts the highest score of 122 in the format.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Despite failing to get out of the group stage at the 2019 World Cup, Babar shone as he became the fastest Pakistan batsman to reach 3,000 ODI runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Against Bangladesh, he broke Javed Miandad&#39;s record of most runs in a World Cup by taking his total to 474 in eight innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In May this year against New Zealand, he became the fastest man to make 5,000 ODI runs, the mark coming in his 97th innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">LIVE Score<\/a><\/p><p>Here is the factfile on Pakistan captain Babar Azam ahead of the Cricket World Cup which gets underway in India on Thursday:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Name: Babar Azam<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Age: 28<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Playing role: Batsman<\/li>\r\n\t<li>International ODI career<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Matches: 108<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Runs: 5,409<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Highest score: 158<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Average: 58.16<\/li>\r\n\t<li>100s: 19<\/li>\r\n\t<li>50s: 28<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n",
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