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Ian Bishop makes a big claim amidst Virat Kohli Vs Babar Azam Debate

Ever since Babar Azam made his international Debut, Pakistani fans were overjoyed to finally have a batsman that they could compare with the modern great Virat Kohli. Babar Azam burst onto the scene when he scored 3 consecutive hundreds against West Indies in ODIs and never looked back, since.

The Pakistan Captain has piled on runs in all the formats of the game and has made his name among the top batsmen in the world. Babar’s recent form has got him even closer to being called the best batsman in the limited-overs format in the modern-day game. Jumping into the famous debate of Babar vs Kohli, former West Indian fast bowler Ian Bishop has made a big claim on the Pakistani Skipper’s performance by stating that he has almost overtaken Kohli in ODI cricket.

“Babar Azam is on the road to greatness, And I want to be clear when I say on the road to it in white-ball cricket at least and certainly 50-overs cricket. Because I don’t use the term great loosely. I think I have discussed this with a couple of my colleagues 24 hours ago, it has to be a bigger sample size but average as it stands now, on the cusp of 60 with 17 ODI hundreds,” Bishop told Cricwick.

Babar currently holds the No1 rank in ODI and T20 formats. While the batter has been excellent in limited overs format, Bishop feels that he still has a lot to prove in the Test format.

“He has almost overtaken his next-door neighbour, the great Virat Kohli, in terms of the ultimate uber 50-over batsman. His Test cricket is a work in progress. I’m surprised he hasn’t taken to Test cricket numbers a lot earlier. He’s starting to get better at it. Technically, he’s superb. In the future, I’m hoping he will be mentioned in the same breath in Test cricket as the top 3-4 players,” Bishop added.