Pakistani batsman Babar Azam has generated lots of curiosity and pleasure in India after taking part in a stellar knock in opposition to South Africa.
Largely resulting from Babar’s efforts, Pakistan went on to win the primary ODI match in opposition to South Africa, which went right down to the final ball on Friday at Centurion.
The Pakistani skipper is just second to his Indian counterpart Virat Kohli within the ICC ODI batsman rankings.
Following his century, all eyes have been on the Pakistani captain, each in India and Pakistan, as he turned the quickest batsman in cricket historical past to achieve 13 ODI centuries. It took him solely 76 matches.
Azam began trending on Twitter in India and dominated the Google searches within the nation as effectively. Fortunately, we took screenshots.
Azam scored a formidable 103 runs when Pakistan hobbled early on after dropping left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman.
As you’ll be able to see on the fitting, among the many prime developments on Twitter in India was “Babar Azam” with many Indian cricket followers and analysts praising the Pakistani skipper for his knock beneath stress.
We tried to see whether or not Babar Azam was trending on Google searches in India and the outcomes didn’t disappoint.
This is what Indians have been looking for as Pakistan clashed in opposition to the Proteas:
As one can see, within the associated queries to the search phrase “Babar Azam” Google reported breakout searches for “fastest to 13 odi centuries” on Google in India. Many have been additionally looking for particulars of the Pakistan vs South Africa match as effectively.
Amongst different issues they looked for, Indians have been additionally taking a look at Babar Azam’s profile on Wikipedia, as will be seen from the screenshot above.