Ranking the top 10 cricketers in the world at the moment

#7 Babar Azam

The star in the making.

Babar Azam is regarded by many Pakistani fans as their answer to India's Virat Kohli. It may be too soon to jump at that conclusion, but Azam has had a stellar limited-overs career for Pakistan so far in his brief stint at the international arena.

He recently became fastest to reach 1000 runs mark in T20 internationals, which he achieved just in only his 26th innings, surpassing Virat Kohli's previous record of 27. The 24-year-old has been one of the key contributors to the success of Pakistan in limited overs cricket in the past year or so along with Fakhar Zaman and Imam Ul Haq.

His success has been largely limited to the shorter formats, wherein he is still struggling to find his feet in the Test arena, which will be an area of concern for Pakistan Cricket. But he has age on his side and many more years ahead of him.