Babar Azam vs Rohit Sharma

[PlayerComparisons]

Two all format guns

 

[subshakerz]

Two all format guns

Why ask about tests and then mention all formats?

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Rohit is much better. Has had much tougher home pitches to contend with, and a very good tour of England vs Jimmy and Co

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

And has done so well despite having batted in the wrong position for the initial part of his career

 

[capt_Luffy]

Rohit is much better. Has had much tougher home pitches to contend with, and a very good tour of England vs Jimmy and Co

Only one good or even decent series away. He has widely cashed in home soil; especially as touring pacers hardly perform well here with the new ball. Babar is sufficiently ahead for me.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Only one good or even decent series away. He has widely cashed in home soil; especially as touring pacers hardly perform well here with the new ball. Babar is sufficiently ahead for me.

What has done Babar done tho?

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

And that was a very good series, scored 360 odd runs despite only playing in 4 matches

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

And Rohit has done well on some tricky pitches at home(during the Eng 2021 series and Nagpur last year)

 

[capt_Luffy]

What has done Babar done tho?

For once, Babar averages 70 odd in Pakistan; and he also has scored plenty of runs in the limited outings he got in England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. His record in South Africa is also very decent, unlike Rohit; and his major problem is in Australia where Rohit hardly is any better (though yeah, this tour of his was really bad).

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

For once, Babar averages 70 odd in Pakistan; and he also has scored plenty of runs in the limited outings he got in England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. His record in South Africa is also very decent, unlike Rohit; and his major problem is in Australia where Rohit hardly is any better (though yeah, this tour of his was really bad).

Babar averages 36 in SA and has barely played 3 matches there. SL can’t be taken seriously. Rohit too averages 65 odd in India in much tougher conditions. And Rohit’s 2021 tour of Eng was much better than Babar’s performances there. Also Babar’s barely played 2 matches in NZ.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Babar has barely scored runs in NZ or SA or Eng

 

[capt_Luffy]

Babar averages 36 in SA and has barely played 3 matches there. SL can’t be taken seriously. Rohit too averages 65 odd in India in much tougher conditions. And Rohit’s 2021 tour of Eng was much better than Babar’s performances there. Also Babar’s barely played 2 matches in NZ.

Babar's only bad performances are in Australia; Rohit's are in both Australia and South Africa (which is actually horrible).

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Babar's only bad performances are in Australia; Rohit's are in both Australia and South Africa (which is actually horrible).

Maybe, but it isn’t as if SA is a place where Babar has done well. Rohit’s performances at home are more impressive than Babar’s on flat pancakes.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Maybe, but it isn’t as if SA is a place where Babar has done well. Rohit’s performances at home are more impressive than Babar’s on flat pancakes.

Babar hasn't really done well in SA, but he also hasn't done bad. I would say he is perfectly average there, probably a bit above. Rohit isn't, he has played horribly there, even in the last tour. Overall, I can see your point in Rohit's favour as Pakistani pitches are flatter; but I really can't remember too many innings which Rohit played against genuinely threatening attacks in genuinely good tracks, except Nagpur last year.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Babar hasn't really done well in SA, but he also hasn't done bad. I would say he is perfectly average there, probably a bit above. Rohit isn't, he has played horribly there, even in the last tour. Overall, I can see your point in Rohit's favour as Pakistani pitches are flatter; but I really can't remember too many innings which Rohit played against genuinely threatening attacks in genuinely good tracks, except Nagpur last year.

Even if not against threatening attacks, Rohit’s record is built on performing on tougher tracks. So he’s better at home by a good margin, and Babar might be better away very marginally

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Itching for a India-Pakistan test match so that we can settle this debate, once…and for all.

 

[Socerer 01]

For once, Babar averages 70 odd in Pakistan; and he also has scored plenty of runs in the limited outings he got in England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. His record in South Africa is also very decent, unlike Rohit; and his major problem is in Australia where Rohit hardly is any better (though yeah, this tour of his was really bad).

averaging 70 in Pakistan is really not that great tbh

 

[Socerer 01]

i like Babar but Rohit has him beat here

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Babar could end up as Pakistan’s greatest batsman but has massively underachieved so far

 

[OverratedSanity]

Babar's almost a decade into his career and only scored 9 hundreds so far. Definitely a bit disappointing.