Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan’s cricket team, will receive the Sitara-e-Imtiaz award for his exceptional contributions.
Babar Azam will receive the civil award at the age of 28, making him the youngest cricket player to do so.
Babar would be receiving the Sitara-e-Imtiaz award, the government had previously declared.
The prize will be given on March 23, 2023.
The youngest cricketer to receive the Sitara-e-Imtiaz award was previously former Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed.
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The right-hand batsman won’t be playing in the series against Afghanistan, which is set to begin on March 24, so he will take a break from playing cricket to attend the ceremony.
Babar Azam has established himself as a role model for aspiring cricketers, and this honor is a reflection of his commitment to and labor of love in the sport.
The prestigious Sitara-e-Imtiaz award has also been given to a number of other outstanding Pakistani cricketers. Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Yousuf, Saeed Ajmal, Javed Miandad, and Inzamam ul Haq are some of these players.
Mohammad Babar Azam is a Pakistani international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats. Regarded as one of the finest batters in contemporary world cricket, he is the only cricketer in the world to be in the top five rankings across all formats. And now Babar Azam to receive Sitara-e-Imtiaz on March 23.
