Pakistan Cricket team's all-format skipper Babar Azam recently won 'ICC Best ODI Cricketer of the Year 2022' and 'Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Men's Cricketer of 2022'. For second time in a row, Babar won 'ODI cricketer of the year' title. He was also named captain of ICC Best ODI Team of the Year. Before Babar, only Virat Kohli has won 'ODI cricketer of the year' title for two times in a row, in 2017 and 2018.
A video has gone viral on social media in which Babar Azam's father Azam Siddique can be seen recalling the many difficulties he and his family faced in their life. Babar Azam's father revealed that there was a time when Babar used to remain hungry due to food crisis at home.
In the video, Babar Azam's father said, “I had skin allergy and I used to sit outside the stadium when Babar used to play inside. We had money for one person’ food only. Babad used to ask, ‘Papa, have you eaten your food. I used to say - yes I have eaten my food. This way we used to lie to each other."
In 2022, right-handed batter Babar Azam scored 679 runs in nine matches with help of three centuries and five half-centuries. Last year, Babar also performed brilliantly in Tests. He played 9 Tests and managed to score 1184 runs. Even in T20Is, his scored a lot of runs last year. Babar scored 735 runs in 31 T20 International matches with help of one century and five half-centuries.
Last year, Babar Azam-led Pakistan won eight of nine ODIs. Pakistan endured a miserable season with the end of PAK vs NZ Test series. They played three Test series on home soil but didn't win a single series.