Babar Azam and records seem to have become synonyms of late after all the Pakistan captain continues to break records in every match he plays these days. On Friday, Babar Azam scripted another world record in international cricket, becoming the first man to have nine fifty-plus scores in a row across the three formats of the sport. The Pakistan cricket team skipper's streak started when he achieved a score of 196 in the second Test against Australia followed by two half-centuries in the third game.

In the ODI series against the Kangaroos, Babar Azam stepped up a gear, smashing two hundreds and a score of 57. In the lone T20I against Aaron Finch and his men, Babar Azam registered a score of 66. This week he made a return to international action with a bang, slamming yet another ton (103) in the first ODI against the West Indies, and on Friday, Babar Azam was dismissed for 77 – making it the ninth consecutive time when he has completed a fifty-plus score in international cricket.

Notably, this was also the sixth time in a row when the Pakistan captain went past a score of 50 in ODIs.

Incidentally, Babar Azam had broken ex-India skipper Virat Kohli's massive record in the last game against the Windies, as he completed 1000 runs as the captain of the Pakistan cricket team in just 13 matches. By touching the milestone, Babar Azam became the quickest to get to the landmark in ODIs. Kohli had taken 17 innings to reach the figure in the 50-over version of the sport.

Coming back to the second ODI between Pakistan and the Windies, Babar Azam's 77 helped the home team to post a total of 275/8 at the Multan Cricket Stadium. In response, the West Indies were bundled by for just 155, as Mohammad Nawaz took four wickets to hand Pakistan a lopsided 120-run triumph in the match.

With this, the Pakistani team took an unassailable lead in the series with one more match to go.

The final ODI of the three-match series is scheduled to take place in Multan on Sunday where Babar Azam would look to record his 10th fifty-plus in international cricket.

Earlier Babar Azam, who is the No.1 batter in ODIs and T20Is had spoken about his desire to become the first cricketer to achieve the top ranking in all three formats.

“As a player, it’s a dream to become the No. 1 in all formats and, for that, you have to focus and put in hard work. It’s not like if you are the top player in one or two formats, you go easy,” Babar told the ICC.

“If you are to become No.1 in all three, you have to keep yourself fit and on track. There is back-to-back cricket and the gap is less. For that, you need to be extra fit. It’s something I am preparing for. It’s going well in white-ball and hopefully, I will be able to do well in Tests too,” he added.

Even veteran India batter Dinesh Karthik had backed him to make history.

“One-hundred percent (he is capable of achieving that),” Karthik told India pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s wife Sanjana Ganesan on The ICC Review. “He is a high-quality player who is at the peak of his batting prowess and he has got some Test matches coming up.

“He has been phenomenal in all three formats of the game and he has done well in different batting positions too.

“I wish him all the best and think he has the potential. He has got all the following of Pakistan helping him in abundance to go on and do special things for his country,” Karthik concluded.

Praise, however, keeps coming Babar Azam's way from all quarters.

Even the current chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Ramiz Raja was effusive in his praise of Babar Azam after his tremendous knock of 103 in the first match against the Windies as he dubbed him as the best batter across formats.

“A tremendous game. Babar walking to a hundred and showing yet again why he is the best all-format batsman in the world and why Khushdil has to be renamed Dilkhush!! A big thank you to all the fans at the stadium for braving the heat and making it a great day. Multan Zindabad,” Ramiz Raja said on Twitter.

But nothing comes close to what former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif said about the talismanic batter.

“There has not been a batter-like Saeed Anwar. I have seen him from close quarters, and trust me; he was a special player. He (Babar) is the Bradman and Lara of this era. That is the thing,” Latif had said in April.