Pakistan awards Sitara-e-Imtiaz to Babar Azam
On the occasion of Pakistan's 75th Independence Day on Sunday Pakistani Cricket team captain Babar Azam was named among the recipients of the Sitara-e-Imtiaz-the country's third highest civilian honour.
Azam, 27, will become the youngest Pakistani to be bestowed upon the award while national women’s team skipper Bismah Maroof will receive the Tamgha-e-Pakistan.
Babar Azam stands at the top of the International Cricket Council’s One-day International and also T20 batting rankings and is placed third in the Test Charts.