5 batsmen who could break Virat Kohli's records

#4 Babar Azam

Babar Azam has scored seven ODI hundreds already in his short career

Every cricket-playing nation now wants to have its own Kohli and Pakistani cricket experts feel they have found theirs in Babar Azam. Making his debut in 2015, Azam suddenly grabbed everyone’s attention when he scored three consecutive centuries against West Indies in 2016. Since then, he was earmarked as Pakistan’s answer to Kohli and generally he has shown the same appetite as the Indian captain for scoring tons.

He scored his seventh ODI century in only his 33rd match and was the joint fastest to reach the mark of 1000 ODI runs. But the reason why it is probably a bit early to compare him with Kohli is that he is more of an accumulator rather than an attacking batsman, unlike the Indian captain. Azam seems more intent on building an innings rather than taking on the bowling attack as the likes of Kohli, Dhawan and de Kock do.

But this may change in the near future. In a 10 over-a-side charity match recently, Azam scored a hundred in just 26 balls, which suggests that he has the ability to go ballistic also.

What makes people compare him to Kohli is his balance at the wicket and great timing. If he continues to show the hunger he has so far, Kohli may have a great rival to contend with in the future.