Babar Azam Pakistan batsman has been declared the winner of the ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022. He won this award for the second time in a row. He beat leg-spinner Adam Zampa of Australia. Opener Shai Hope of the West Indies. And off-spin all-rounder Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe.
Babar Azam featured just nine ODIs in 2022. But he did most of them, smashing three hundred, and five half-centuries. And only truly failing with the bat in one instance.
Since July 2021, he has occupied the top spot in the men’s ODI player rankings. In the nine games he played in 2022, he scored 679 runs at an astounding average of 84.87. He notched eight scores of at least fifty, three of which he turned into centuries.
Babar Azam had an excellent year leading the Pakistan ODI squad, winning three of the three series. In the ODI category, Pakistan was unbeatable, losing only one game (against Australia) out of nine.
This year, his 114 against Australia in Lahore was his greatest ODI performance. Australia gave Azam a lofty aim of 349, and he delivered a lesson in complete pursuit.
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Babar came to bat with his team that wants 231 from 187 balls and nearly won the game for his team with an outstanding exhibition of shot-making.
Babar Azam reached his century in 73 balls. It was a record for him in ODI cricket. And he played till the 44th over. Azam was rightfully voted Player of the Match. And the remaining batsmen completed the task as they scored their highest-ever successful chase in ODIs.
Richard Illingworth received Umpire of the Year in 2022, according to the ICC. Illingworth was a left-arm spinner who competed in 25 One-Day Internationals and nine Tests for England between 1991 and 1996. He had already won the award in 2019 and is now a multiple-time ICC Umpire of the Year.
Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan, received accolades from cricket players. And sports commentators from all around the world for receiving the Sir Garfield Sobers award for ICC Cricketer of the Year as the ODI Cricketer of the Year title.
The year 2022 saw Babar continue where he left off in 2021. He led his team to two finals, along with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia. He racked up runs at the bat in all forms, amassing over 2,500 international scores in ODIs, T20Is, and Tests. Babar finished the year as the top run-scorer in the latter.
