Babar Azam
Hailing from Lahore, the 23-year-old Pakistani batsman has caught the attention of many cricketing fans this year. Scoring 872 runs in 18 matches so far at an average of 67.07 and a strike rate of 79.27, Azam has 4 centuries and a couple of half-centuries to his name. His highest score this year, which is also his career best, came against the West Indies at Providence on the 9th of April, where he scored an unbeaten 125.
Azam comes in at number 5.
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Edited by Arvind Sriram