Pakistan men’s limited-overs teams’ captain Babar Azam on Monday interacted with the local media.

The biggest front of them all, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, a particularly gloomy day in Birmingham, typical English weather. Amidst all this dullness and gloom, is a nerve-racking contest between two polar opposites.

While international imports Jason Roy, Chris Lynn, Dawid Malan and Shane Watson are all set to dazzle the Pakistani crowd, PSL 5 will also bring an opportunity for the likes of Akmal brothers to stake claim for a T20 World Cup spot.

Rawalpindi will be in focus once again from Friday as Pakistan take on Bangladesh in the first Test of the two-match series.

The year 2019 was a prolific one for batting sensation Babar Azam. The right-handed middle-order batsman stamped his authority on the international circuit across the three formats with some scintillating display of stroke-play

The Pakistan quartet of Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali and Babar Azam has made striking gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings after figuring in only the second instance of the top four batsmen of a side making centuries in the same Test innings.

It was the attraction of watching Babar Azam bat which brought Mujahid Saleem to Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. Mujahid is amongst a strong contingent of young cricket fans who have turned out to watch the cream of Pakistan first-class cricket compete.

This venerable old ground has seen many a changing of the guard over the years, cricket’s ever-evolving story has seen more chapters written at Lord’s than anywhere else.

Emulating Virat Kohli is a mere dream for most young batsmen - but Grant Flower believes Babar Azam is well on the path to doing just that after his stylish century downed New Zealand....

They’ll be other centuries scored but it’ll take some knock to beat Babar Azam flawless match-winning score at Edgbaston.

Kuldeep Yadav of India and Australia’s Adam Zampa have vaulted into the top-five of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Player Rankings for T20I Bowlers for the first time in their careers in the latest updates which were released on Monday.

The Cricket World Player of the Week this week is Babar Azam of Pakistan.

Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has been the biggest mover in the International Cricket Council Rankings for Twenty20 Internationals after leading his side to a 2-1 series victory over World XI in Lahore.

Pakistan talented batsman Babar Azam has been named the Cricket World Player of the Week for his determined knock of unbeaten 125 runs in the second One-Day International against West Indies in Guyana.

For registering his career best figures of 12-wicket haul in the recently concluded first Test against India in Pune, Australia left-arm-spinner Steve O'Keefe is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

Pakistan Super League chairman Najam Sethi confirmed that Islamabad Untied pacer Mohammad Irfan was questioned by the Anti Corruption Unit of Pakistan Cricket Board as part of their investigation.

For scoring the highest individual score in Adelaide during the fifth and final One-Day International against Pakistan, David Warner is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

For scoring a magnificent triple century in the first Test against West Indies in Dubai, Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

After scoring back-to-back centuries in the first two One-Day Internationals against West Indies in Sharjah and leading Pakistan to a series victory, Babar Azam is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

For his all-round performance in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur leading his team to a 197-run victory, India's Ravindra Jadeja is the Cricket World Player of the Week.