Why Babar Azam is not in Fab 4 for some?

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Babar Azam’s Performance and Fab 4

Babar Azam vs Fab 4 in T20s:

Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	97	89	3,296	51.50	0	30
Joe Root	32	30	893	35.72	0	5
Steve Smith	54	43	886	26.05	0	4
Kane Williamson	74	72	2,021	32.59	0	14
Babar Azam	74	69	2,686	45.52	1	26

When Babar Azam’s performance is compared with fab 4 in T20s, it is clear that his batting average in T20s is 2^ndbest but he is placed at place 5.

Babar Azam vs Fab 4 in ODIs:

Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	260	251	12,311	58.07	43	64
Joe Root	152	142	6,109	51.33	16	35
Steve Smith	128	113	4,378	43.34	11	25
Kane Williamson	151	144	6,173	47.48	13	39
Babar Azam	89	87	4,442	59.22	17	19

Azam’s batting average deserves to be placed on 2^nd number in ODIs instead of 5^thnumber.

Babar Azam vs Fab 4 in Tests:

Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	100s	50s
Virat Kohli	101	171	8,043	49.95	27	28
Joe Root	118	218	10,015	49.57	26	53
Steve Smith	85	151	8,010	59.77	27	36
Kane Williamson	87	152	7,289	52.81	24	33
Babar Azam	40	71	2,851	45.98	6	21

In test rankings, the Pakistani captain is on 5^thplace and according to his batting average, he is on the right place.

Why Babar Azam is not a part of Fab 4?

Azam, with his performance, proved that he deserves to take place in fab 4. If it was fab 5, he will surely be a part of it. According to the Ex-BCCI selector, he is not part of the world’s top four cricketers because his track record is not good against SENA nations. But as per Babar’s record against SENA countries, he secures an average of 39.30 in 14 Tests, scoring 809 runs. According to Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh, it is too early to place him in fab 4.

He has an excellent record in England, where he scored 260 runs with an average of 65.75. He scored 196 runs in the second test against SENA country Australia, in Karachi. Since 2018, he scored 2,851 runs with an average of 45.98. Nobody in world cricket has scored more Test runs at a higher average than him at this time. No player of fab 4 has scored a single century in T20s. But Babar has scored a century too.