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Mohammad Babar Azam (Urdu, Punjabi: محمد بابر اعظم; born 15 October 1994), is a Pakistani international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats.[3][4][5] Regarded as one of the finest batters in contemporary world cricket,[6][7] he is the only cricketer in the world to be in the top five rankings across all formats. He is ranked as the number one batter in ODIs, number two in Tests and number four in T20Is.[8] A right-handed top-order batter, he plays for and captains Peshawar Zalmi in the PSL and Central Punjab in domestic cricket of Pakistan.[9] With 40 wins, he is one of the most successful T20I captains of all time

Babar Azam was born on 15 October 1994 into a Punjabi Muslim family. He was born in the Walled City and recalls the memories of "playing cricket and roaming around like a free bird in those streets." His cousins Kamran and Umar Akmal, who are older than him, were the reason he was attracted to cricket and their stories and success instilled inspiration in him. Therefore, he decided to take cricket as his profession. He had been a ball boy at Gaddafi Stadium[11] before joining a cricket academy and starting his domestic cricket career there and was present during the home series Pakistan played between 2006 and 2008. He sought guidance from Rana Sadiq, his first coach, who taught him in real terms, what batting is. Later, he went on to be a part of the Pakistan U-19 setup

In April 2021, while playing against South Africa in the first ODI, Babar scored his 13th ODI century in his 76th innings, making him the quickest to reach this mark, surpassing the record of Hashim Amla who took 83 innings to achieve the record.[111] At the end of the series, he became the No. 1 ODI batsman, with 865 points, surpassing Virat Kohli who had previously been the top-rated ODI batsman for 1258 days.[112]

On 14 April 2021, Babar scored his maiden T20I century (122), in a winning cause against South Africa in the Centurion Stadium.[113] He and Mohammad Rizwan shared a partnership of 197 runs, which is the highest partnership for Pakistan in T20Is and the fourth-highest partnership of all time in the format.[114] On 25 April 2021, in the third T20I against Zimbabwe, Babar became the fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to score 2,000 runs in T20Is, doing so in his 52nd innings.[115] In September 2021, Babar was named as the captain of Pakistan's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[116] During the tournament he regained his position as the number one T20I batsman in the rankings.[117] Babar break the record of most fifties (4) and runs (303) in a T20 World Cup edition.[118] He led Pakistan to the semi-finals, where they lost to Australia, ending their campaign.[119] In March 2022, Australia toured Pakistan after 24 years, in the second test match of the series, he scored 196 runs and broke the record of most runs by a captain in the fourth innings of a test.[120] A week later, during the first ODI against Australia played at Gaddafi Stadium, he became the second fastest overall and fastest Asian to score 4,000 ODI runs, achieving the feat in his 82nd inning.[121] Few days later, during the second ODI match, he became the first Pakistani skipper to score an ODI century against Australia, also becoming the fastest batsman overall in terms of innings (83) to score 15th ODI century,[122] and helped Pakistan to register their highest successful run chase in ODIs.[123] In the third and decider match of the series, he scored yet another hundred which helped Pakistan chase 211 runs comfortably and win the series 2–1. This was Pakistan's first ODI series win against Australia since 2002. He was named man of the match for second consecutive time in the series and also man of the series for his 276 runs with an average of 138.00
He was named in the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2017
PCB's ODI Cricketer of the Year: 2017
2018
PCB's T20I Cricketer of the Year: 2017
2019
He was named in the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2019
2020
2020 Pakistan Super League Player of the Tournament
ARY News Person of the Year 2020
2021
Named as ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2021[173]
Named as captain of the ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year 2021
Named as captain of the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2021
Named as captain of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament
Winner of ICC Player of the Month for April 2021
PCB's ODI Cricketer of the Year: 2021[174]
2022
Named as ICC Cricketer of the Year ( Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy): 2022
Named as ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022
Named as captain of the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2022
Named in the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year 2022
Winner of ICC Player of the Month for March 2022