Ranking top 10 current best T20 batsmen in franchise cricket
From Kieron Pollard to AB de Villiers, here we rank the top 10 best batsmen in franchise cricket currently.
2. Babar Azam
Currently Pakistan’s best batsman across formats, Azam is ranked 2nd on the ICC T20I batsmen’s rankings. He has played franchise cricket for Karachi Kings & Islamabad United (PSL), Guyana Amazon Warriors (CPL), Somerset (English T20 Blast), and Sylhet Sixers (BPL). With 2504 runs in 73 innings at an average of 37.9 and a strike-rate of 124.1, he has established himself as one of the most consistent batsmen in this form of the game.
His latest accolades came as part of Karachi Kings in PSL, as they won their first PSL title. Babar was adjudged the Player of the Match in the final as well as Player of the Tournament for his exceptional performances with the bat throughout the course of the season. He also accumulated runs in the English T20 Blast playing for Somerset, scoring 218 runs in 7 innings at a healthy strike-rate of 138. His best t20 performance of the year came against Glamorgan- 114 off 62 balls.
The most remarkable thing about him this year was his ability to perform in the big matches. He scored 65 vs Multan in Qualifier-1 and 63* vs Lahore in the PSL finals, bagging the Player of the Match award in both the crunch games. Both the knocks came in pressure conditions in tricky chases, where the pitch was extremely slow.
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