Pakistan captain Babar Azam led from the front in the second innings of the second Test at Karachi and slammed a double ton, working his way to a draw from the jaws of defeat.
Not to forget, Pakistan were bowled out for 148 in the first innings and were given a massive target of 506 runs to chase in the second.
Babar stood tall and is playing one of finest Test innings on his homesoild.
As soon as he hit the ton, twitter exploded with tweets comparing him and former Indian captain Virat Kohli, who is going through a slump in form.
Pakistan fans especially began to take potshots at Kohli, while some Indian fans defended their star player. Here's what happened in this Twitter war.
Take a look below:
____ Babar Azam gets promotion while Virat Kohli demoted in Test Batting Rankings! Babar Azam now stands #8 (743 pts) while Virat Kohli demoted to #9 (742 pts). Indeed it won't be wrong calling the current cricketing decade belongs to Babar Azam! #PAKvAUS
— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) March 16, 2022
For the first time in his career, Babar Azam is above Virat Kohli in the ICC Test batting ranking.
Indeed it won't be wrong saying that Babar is currently ruling the world of cricket. __#BabarAzam_ #BabarAzam #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/8ZPDfBb8lo— Mairy Rajput (@mairyrajput) March 16, 2022
Virat Kohli double hundred in Test (7) > Babar Azam hundred in Test(6)
But some saying Babar is ahead of Kohli in Tests _#ViratKohli_ pic.twitter.com/6KD0kmoS6X— HARSH (@hstopper12) March 16, 2022
Again people comparing Babar Azam with Virat Kohli,Meanwhile Kohli at age of 22 on Australian home soil. pic.twitter.com/TYSclkQfSs
— Harshit (@Bringbackold_18) March 16, 2022
Finally a test hundred for Bobby, but what about Virat Kohli?#BabarAzam_ #Babar pic.twitter.com/AFZxVH5Edo
— Cricket Coder (@cricket_coder) March 15, 2022
#BabarAzam_ scores his first Test Century since Feb, 2020.
Fans to Virat Kohli: #PakVsAustraila #PAKVSAUS pic.twitter.com/igWy6GZdo1
— Usman Saleem Akhter (@UsmaanSaleem) March 15, 2022
Babar Azam is NOT the Virat Kohli of Pakistan.
Tip: Interpret this as per your convenience. _#AUSvPAK | #PAKvAUS
— 4 Overthrows ____ (@4overthrows) March 16, 2022
Earlier, Australia began the final day needing eight wickets to go 1-0 up in the three-test series.
Pakistan, on the other hand, required 314 runs in 90 overs to pull off test cricket`s greatest chase or, alternatively, bat out three sessions to force a draw.
The third wicket stand between Babar Azam and Abdullah Shafique steadied Pakistan in the contest and the duo continued to frustrate Australia when play resumed.
Shafique fell short of a fine hundred but Rizwan has been going strong currently with Babar.
