Islamabad: Former Pakistan cricketer Shuaib Akhtar has said that if he had played Indian Premier League cricket, Pakistan captain Babur Assam would have fetched between Rs 15 crore and Rs 20 crore. Akhtar said he was happy to see Babur Assam and Virat Kohli coming together for the opening one day.
What an exciting moment that will be. “Babur Azam would have been the most valuable Pakistani player if he had been in the auction,” Akhtar told Cricket Pakistan in an interview. Pakistan’s Babur Assam is the number one batsman in the ICC ODI and Twenty20 rankings.
Babur Assam, who has played 73 international matches in T20I, has scored 2620 runs at an average of 45.17. He has scored 25 fifties and one century in Twenty20 cricket. He scored 3985 runs in 83 ODIs, including 14 centuries and 17 fifties.
English Summary: ‘He would go for INR 15-20 crore’- Shoaib Akhtar on Babar Azam playing in IPL