Babar Azam BBL Stats, Runs, Scores, Matches

How Babar Azam performed in BBL [Source: X]

The BBL 2025-26 season was a chance for Pakistan batter Babar Azam to showcase his ability in the game’s shortest format in tricky Australian conditions. However, eleven matches later, things turned out to be a disaster for the Sydney Sixers and Babar as the player failed to deliver the goods and ended the season on a downward curve.

With the Sydney Sixers set to play in the Challenger, Babar Azam left midway through the tournament as Pakistan is set to play against Australia at home. With his season over, we take a look at how the Pakistan cricketer performed in the 11 matches that he played.

Babar Azam BBL stats

Sixers had high hopes for Babar Azam, but the performances turned out to be disastrous and the stats reveal the entire story. He took part in eleven BBL matches, and the right-handed player could only accumulate 202 runs, with an average of 22.

However, his strike-rate in the entire tournament was questionable as the player only struck at 103.06 and made life difficult for the other batters as they were under pressure due to the slow start given by the Pakistan opener.

Babar Azam runs breakdown - match by match

• Sydney Sixers played their tournament opener against Perth Scorchers and the fans in Sydney had high expectations from Babar. However, he started the tournament with a low score of 2 of 5 deliveries. 
• The trend continued in the second game against the Strikers as Babar scored just 9 runs and had back-to-back failures in the mega tournament in Australia. However, he roared back amongst the run-scorers as the righty batter struck his maiden BBL fifty in the third game against rivals Sydney Thunder.
• Against Melbourne Stars, he was once again brought down to Earth as the opening batter was sent packing for just 2 runs. But against the Melbourne Renegades, Babar showed glimpses of his brilliance as he anchored a tricky run-chase and scored an unbeaten fifty to steer his side home.
• It was then followed by two back-to-back failures as Babar was dismissed for 2, and 14 against Heat and Stars, respectively.
• Sixers’ breaking point came when Babar played a sluggish knock of 47 of 39 against Thunder, and mid-game, Steve Smith denied him a single as the batter faced humiliation. After which, there were two more failures against Heat and Scorchers as he ended the tournament with a string of failures.'

Who will replace Babar for remaining matches?

Sydney Sixers is set to play in the Challenger on Friday, and if they win the game, the team will reach the finals. Hence, technically, they can still play two more matches in BBL. Steve Smith is already locked in as one opener, and he has already racked up a century in the tournament.

Now, with Babar gone, the team is likely to bring in Daniel Hughes, who will offer a left-handed variation and will complement Smith as an opening partner for the remaining games.