--- title: "Babar Azam becomes third Pakistan captain to lead 150 international matches" description: "Most outlets highlighted Babar Azam’s achievement of becoming the third Pakistan captain to lead the national team in 150 international matches across all formats, noting his joining the elite club of Imran Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq. The Nation framed the milestone as a significant one, while ProPakistani described it as a new illustrious milestone. Both emphasized the rarity of the feat but did not provide additional context or commentary beyond the achievement itself." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/1582-babar-azam-joins-imran-khan-setting-a-new-illustrious site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Babar Azam becomes third Pakistan captain to lead 150 international matches sports · latest filing 3 Aug 2026, 1:00 PM PKT · 3 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets highlighted Babar Azam’s achievement of becoming the third Pakistan captain to lead the national team in 150 international matches across all formats, noting his joining the elite club of Imran Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq. The Nation framed the milestone as a significant one, while ProPakistani described it as a new illustrious milestone. Both emphasized the rarity of the feat but did not provide additional context or commentary beyond the achievement itself. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **ProPakistani** — [Babar Azam Joins Imran Khan Setting a New Illustrious Milestone](https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/03/babar-azam-joins-imran-khan-setting-a-new-illustrious-milestone/) · 3 Aug 2026, 1:00 PM PKT > Babar Azam has become only the third Pakistan captain to lead the national team in 150 international matches across all… Read More The post Babar Azam Joins Imran Khan Setting a New Illustrious Milestone appeared first on ProPakistani. - **The Nation** — [Babar joins Imran Khan, Misbah in Pakistan’s elite captaincy club](https://www.nation.com.pk/03-Aug-2026/babar-joins-imran-khan-misbah-pakistan-s-elite-captaincy-club) · 3 Aug 2026, 6:43 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > LAHORE - Pakistan’s Test captain Babar Azam achieved a significant milestone on Sunday, becoming only the third Pakistan skipper to lead the national men’s team in 150 international matches across all formats. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Babar Azam equals Imran Khan's record for Player of the Series awards](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2843-babar-azam-equals-imran-khan-s-long-standing-international) · 6 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 79% related - [Babar Azam returns to ICC Test batting top 10 after nearly two years](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2922-babar-azam-returns-to-top-10-in-latest-icc-test-rankings) · 13 Aug 2026 · 9 outlets · 2 developments · 71% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 3 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.