Babar Azam is one of the best batsmen. The Pakistani captain is regularly scoring runs. He spent the year 2022 like a dream. He also received an award from the ICC. Babar was selected as the best ODI player last year. Babar was selected as the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year for the second time in a row.

Recently, ICC has announced the award for the players based on last year’s performance. As a part of that, the name of ODI cricketer of the year has also been announced by the highest governing body of world cricket. Babar played a total of 9 ODI matches last year. Where this right-handed top order scored a total of 679 runs at an average of 84.87. Scored 3 centuries and 5 half-centuries.

Babar has also achieved success as a captain. Pakistan played a total of 3 ODI series under his leadership in 2022. Babar won  all of them. However, Pakistan will play the ODI World Cup under his leadership on Indian soil in 2023. The team will be looking at the leadership and his bat there as well. The captain may also want to maintain his streak of success.

Meanwhile, Sikandar Raja of Zimbabwe, Shai Hope of West Indies and Adam Zampa of Australia were in the race to be the best with Babar in 2022. At the same time, Raja scored 645 runs and 8 wickets from 15 matches. A total of 709 runs came from Hope’s bat in 21 matches. Besides being the only bowler to be nominated, the jumper hunted 30 wickets in 12 matches.

On the other hand, Ben Stokes was selected as the best player in the Test. In 2022, this pace bowling all-rounder of England has performed evenly with bat and ball. Last year he scored 870 runs with the bat at an average of 36.25. He also took 26 wickets. He has also achieved success as a captain. This year, Stokes has brought a total of 9 victories by leading the English.