Pakistan's leading batsman Babar Azam is celebrating his birthday today as the young batsman has turns 25. Social media was flooded with birthday wishes for the cricketing star. Considered among the finest batsmen of his generation, Azam is constantly ranked among the top players with the bat in limited overs cricket and is world’s No.1 T20I and No.3 ODI batsman. No. 1️⃣ in the MRF Tyres T20I Batting Rankings 🏆 Happy birthday to Pakistan vice-captain @babarazam258! pic.twitter.com/kDSGeRb2xy — ICC (@ICC) 15 October 2019 After Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar, he became the 3rd Pakistan batsman to register a hat-trick of ODI 100s. Number one in ICC T20I Batting Rankings First Pakistan batsman to score three T20 100s in a calendar year Happy Birthday @babarazam258! pic.twitter.com/aYFOwYcY8I — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) 15 October 2019 A happy 25th birthday to Babar Azam, who has had a record-breaking start to his limited-overs career! 🎉 Where will he end up among Pakistan's all-time greats?https://t.co/fwQx3hgORF | #OnThisDay pic.twitter.com/kaeFwqTWg4 — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) 15 October 2019 The Lahore-born top order batsman has climbed through rapidly, since making his international debut in 2015 and was recently crowned the vice captain of Pakistan cricket team. Among his many feats, Azam became the third Pakistan batsman to register a hat-trick of ODI 100s, after Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar, and the first Pakistani batsman to score three T20 100s in a calendar year. Azam also boosts the record of scoring most runs in a single World Cup for Pakistan, the record that he achieved in 2019 World Cup overtaking Javed Miandad. Happy birthday babar azam pic.twitter.com/I8zjjGg6b9 — Lucky Jaseem Khan (@Jaseemkhan59783) 15 October 2019 #OnThisDay 1994, a promising Cricketer - Babar Azam was born! * Fastest to score 1000 T20I runs - 26 inns * Most runs in first 25 ODI inns by any player - 1306 * Most runs by a PAK player in a single CWC - 474 runs in CWC19#HappyBirthdayBabarAzam #ThisDayThatYear pic.twitter.com/Ljjxb6SVKm — Diwakar Varatharajan (@Diwakar_Gullu) 15 October 2019 Happy Birthday to World No.1 T20I and No.3 ODI batsman Babar Azam, wishing you nore centuries in your career 🎂🥳#Cricket #Pakistan #birthdayboy @babarazam258 pic.twitter.com/vMKAMKjk6p — Shan Akram (@Shan01367559) 15 October 2019 Happy birthday, Babar Azam! He really is something special. pic.twitter.com/RHJ9R9xr82 — Wisden (@WisdenCricket) 15 October 2019 Azam is currently participating at the National T20 Cup where he is leading the Central Punjab side. Happy Birthday @babarazam258 🎂 The perfect excuse to watch his first ODI 💯 on home soil pic.twitter.com/atvmdJYsKc — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) 15 October 2019