‘King of cricket, brilliant performer’; Twitter overjoyed as Babar Azam crowned World. No 1

Soon after the news broke out that the 26-year old Pakistan captain has toppled Indian captain Virat Kohli to become the top rated ODI batsman, #Babar Azam and #No.1 started trending on twitter with people sharing their sentiments.

babar azam, ladies and gentlemen, best in the business. pic.twitter.com/Pg8SnM6Tfp

— noor (@ohnoori) April 14, 2021

After 18 Years of Long Gap ... We have the Number One Batsman in the Shape of @babarazam258 at ICC ODI Batting Ranking ... Best of Luck Captain, You Surely Deserve this Place ... Keep the 🇵🇰Flag High 🏏♥️#BabarAzam #KingBabar #ICCRankings pic.twitter.com/a6tLRQP1yO

— Usman Khan (@usmann_khann) April 14, 2021

No 1 T20I Batsman - 29 Jan 2018
No 1 ODI Batsman - 14 April 2021
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The Name is "𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗥 𝗔𝗭𝗔𝗠"
Proud of Pakistan 🇵🇰❤🔥#BabarAzam #ICCRankings pic.twitter.com/2mNszTOjDx

— Iqra Amir 🇵🇰 (@IqraAmi40579584) April 14, 2021

Presenting the New No.1 ranked ODI batsman in the world🌎#BabarAzam ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4wwaHJCg9m

— ʝ υ т т 🔥👑 (@jutt007_) April 14, 2021

Ladies and Gentlemen❤️
Finally the day has arrived 🥳
The ultimate King of the cricket world, presenting you world's best ODI batsman.

Keep it up champ #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/rHYtdF6fCz

— PTIســـــامـͫــͣــͥــیہ (@SamPTI12) April 14, 2021

BABAR ENDS KOHLI'S SUPREMACY IN MRF TYRES ICC MEN'S ODI PLAYER RANKINGS..

What a headline of @ICCMediaComms Press release #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/OHUU9B348f

— Shakir Abbasi (@ShakirAbbasi22) April 14, 2021

New King of the World ❤️#BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/bqNh8kOMFg

— Mahd Rajput 🇵🇰 (Zabi 🎂) (@__mahd__rajput) April 14, 2021

The vision behind @Team_BabarAzam has finally been achieved, Can't express this feeling in worlds. https://t.co/Eww3NB37ST

— S A A D 🇵🇰 (@SaadSays22_) April 14, 2021

Blessings of Ramzan starts with the bang...!🔥🔥
Proud moment for pakistan🇵🇰❤️#BabarAzam is on top 🔝😎😎 pic.twitter.com/04p09azrp9

— Nบᴍaή 🇵🇰 (@isays04) April 14, 2021

Hard Work Always Pays off.♥️AlhamdoliAllah #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/GIx0Q5JImv

— 🅓🅔🅔🅟 🅢🅞🅤🅛 (@Smoker_k_007) April 14, 2021

King 👑 of my era #BabarAzam
Congratulations 👏 for being No one.
Love you jani pic.twitter.com/TJbZa1vQPA

— 💙مجاہد عباس خان تبسم💙 (@MujahidAbbasta1) April 14, 2021

Presenting you the new king of Cricket.𝗕𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗿 𝗔𝘇𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝘁 !!

Let us all applaud and welcome 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗗𝗜 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 👑 #BabarAzam #ICCRankings pic.twitter.com/EfiV18e4us

— Hassan Nawaz (@Hussy_Officials) April 14, 2021

There's a new King in town.

Best in the World. Officially.#BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/PBgETcx8eG

— Change of Pace (@ChangeofPace414) April 14, 2021

Babar Azam is leading the chart with 865 points while Virat Kohli, who retained top slot since 2017, has 857 points. They are followed by India’s Rohit Sharma and England’s Ross taylor and Aaron Fince.

It is for the first time since 2003 that a Pakistani batsman has secures number one slot. Azam is the fourth Pakistan batsman to achieve the feat. Earlier, Mohammad Yousuf, Javed Miandad and Zaheer Abbas have remained on the top slot.

In order to cover five ratings points, Babar needed a score of 70 runs prior to the start of the third ODI between Pakistan and South Africa.

The captain managed to score 94 runs and his brilliant innings helped Pakistan defeat South Africa by 28 runs and the series by 2-1.

In the first ODI, he became the quickest batsman in the world to score 13 ODI centuries.

Babar’s ODI record has been remarkable with 3,808 runs and 13 centuries, the third most by a Pakistani batsman, at an average of 56.83 in 80 matches.

On the other hand, Pakistan’s opening batsman Fakhar Zaman has also entered the top 10 of ODI rankings and is ranked no 7 after his back-to-back centuries against South Africa in the last two ODIs of the series.