India vs Pakistan: Virat Kohli vs Babar Azam in numbers

By Sidhant Maheshwari
Published on | Oct 14, 2023

Kohli revels on big stage

Virat Kohli has scored 662 runs in 15 ODI innings against Pakistan whereas Babar Azam has scored 168 runs in 6 ODI inns vs India

All hail the King!

VK averages 55+ in ODIs vs PAK, his SR of 100.60 is also higher than his career strike rate of 93.63

Babar’s playing catch-up!

While Pakistani captain averages 57+ in ODIs, it drops to just 28 against India in 50-over cricket. In fact, his SR also plummets to 72.42 vs India

Kohli is Pakistan’s nemesis

Kohli averages 81+ vs PAK in T20Is, Babar on the other hand has an average of 31 vs India in shortest format

Make them count!

In 25 innings vs Pakistan in limited-overs cricket, Virat Kohli has 3 hundreds and 7 fifties. Babar has 1 fifty in 10 innings vs India

VK’s love affair with Pakistan!

In 3 ODI WC inns vs PAK, Kohli garnered 193 runs at an avg of 64.33. Meanwhile, Babar scored 48 in his only WC inns against Men in Blue

Legend’s got a headstart in 2023 WC

While Virat Kohli has scored two consecutive fifties so far this WC, Babar Azam has started with scores of 5 and 10 vs Netherlands & Sri Lanka