Not Babur of Pakistan, Babur of Hong Kong is the king in hitting sixes! See record

Asia cup 2025: The countdown of Asia Cup 2025 has started. From September 9, Asian teams will get a clash. The first match of this tournament will be played between Afghanistan vs Hong Kong. In this match, the eyes of cricket lovers will be on only one player and they are Babur Hayat. Do not be surprised to hear the name, this is not Pakistan’s star Babar Azam but a batsman of the Hong Kong team, who has gone beyond the real Babur in the records.

Babur vs Babur: Battle of Statistics

In the cricket world, Babar Azam of Pakistan is considered to be the biggest rival of Virat Kohli, but the figures tell some more story.

Babar Azam- 128 matches, 73 sixes, strike rate 129.22

Babur Hyatt- 95 matches, 136 sixes, strike rate 131.20

That is, despite playing less matches than Babar Azam, Hayat has almost doubled sixes. Interestingly, the best score of both is the same. Both players have played a brilliant innings of 122 runs. The only difference is that Babar Azam is ahead in the average, but Babur Hyatt takes over in the strike rate and sixes.

Born in Pakistan, played for Hong Kong

Born on 5 January 1992 in Punjab (Hazro), Pakistan, Babur Hayat later started playing for Hong Kong. He is a right -handed batsman and has also captained his national team. He made his debut in T20 International by playing a match against Nepal on 16 March 2014. In the same year, he also stepped into ODIs against Afghanistan. In the 2016 Asia Cup qualifiers, Hayat made history by scoring a century and became the first player from Hong Kong to score a century in T20 International.

Why is Babur Hyatt in the discussion?

This time Babar Azam is not a part of the Pakistan team, in such a situation, the headlines are completely in the names of Hayat. His aggressive style and ability to blow sixes can prove to be a danger bell for any big team in the Asia Cup.

Hong Kong team expectations

Hong Kong cricket team has announced its squad for the Asia Cup 2025. Under the leadership of captain Yasim Murtaza, the team will field and there will be great expectations from Babur Hayat.

Hong Kong team

Yasim Murtaza (captain), Babur Hayat, Zeeshan Ali, Niazakat Khan Mohammed, Nasrullah Rana, Martin Koetzi, Anshuman Rath, Kalhan Mark Chalu, Ayush Ashish Shukla, Mohammad Aizaz Khan, Aijaz Khan, Ati Rahman Iqbal, Kidi Shah, Kidhi Shah, Adil Mahmood, Aaron Mohammad Arshad, Ali Hasan, Ali Hasan, Shahid Vasif, Mohammad Waheed, Anas Khan, Ehsan Khan.