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Virender Sehwag picks Pakistani star who ‘brings a sense of calm like Virat’ to be leading run getter in T20 WC

The 2022 edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup started on October 16 in Australia with the first-round matches, and the Super 12 round games will take place from October 22. Ahead of the start of the Super 12, former Indian opening batter Virender Sehwag, who was part of the MS Dhoni-led side that won the inaugural edition of the T20 World Cup in 2007 in South Africa, has made his pick for the top scorer in the 2022 T20 World Cup.
The Indian star snubbed Indian middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav, who has been in tremendous form this year, and instead picked one from India’s arch-rivals Pakistan. The former right-handed batter backed Pakistani skipper Babar Azam to finish as the leading run getter in the T20 World Cup this year.
The right-handed batter was the leading run getter in the T20 World Cup last year as well, when his side reached the semifinals, and this year again, there will be high hopes from the 28-year-old.
During a Cricbuzz show, when Sehwag was asked about his choice for the leading run getter in the T20 World Cup this year, the former cricketer said, “Babar Azam from Pakistan.”
The 44-year-old Indian cricketer, who is celebrating his birthday on Thursday (October 20), said that Babar brings a sense of calm to the crease the way former India captain Virat Kohli, with whom the Pakistan skipper is frequently compared, used to do in T20Is.
“He has been extraordinary. It’s great fun to watch. There is a sense of calmness whenever Virat Kohli bats and you get something similar when watching Babar,” he said.
Former English captain Michael Vaughan was on the same page as Sehwag and said that the fact that Babar is the opener for Pakistan and has formed a prolific partnership at the top of the order with Mohammad Rizwan will only help him top the charts this year.
“This year’s T20 World Cup, I am going with Babar Azam. Brilliant player, Pakistan’s opening batter. A great combination with Rizwan at the top of the order. So consistent, Babar Azam will score the most runs,” Vaughan said.

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