Pakistan cricket fans are crazy for Babar Azam. Recently, when Pakistan was playing some Test matches against South Africa at their home grounds, Pakistan cricket fans turned in good numbers to see the match live. Many of those fans came to the ground only to see the batting of Babar Azam. But some recent numbers are suggesting completely different scenario.
In 2025, Babar Azam was not the most searched or trending name among the top players in Pakistan. Instead, a young Indian batter was in top of the search list in Pakistan, this year. This search result or trending might have effected by the Asia Cup 2025 where India and Pakistan faced eachother in multiple occasions.
Which Indian batsman is top of the trending list in Pakistan?
The year 2025 is slowly drawing to a close. Various agencies are releasing their annual statistics. And so is the Google search engine. Surprisingly, the most searched and trending player on Google this year in Pakistan isn’t from Pakistan, but from India. This player is none other than the explosive T20 batsman Abhishek Sharma. And in the upcoming series against South Africa, this explosive batsman from Team India has left Pakistan’s star batsman Sahibzada Farhan far behind in his own backyard.
While Pakistani batsman Sahibzada Farhan is ahead of Abhishek in terms of scoring the most runs in T20 in the year 2025, yet the Indian batsman still tops the list of players on Google search engine in Pakistan. Sahibzada Farhan is at number nine among the highest run scorers in this year with 771 runs at an average of 30.84 in 26 matches so far (8/12).
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Abhishek Sharma is at number ten with 756 runs in 17 matches at an average of 47.25, but in terms of popularity, he surpasses not only Sahibzada but also Mohammad Nawaz, the highest wicket taker for Pakistan.
Top 5 most searched/trending players in Pakistan in 2025
Abhishek Sharma
Hasan Nawaz
Irfan Khan Niazi
Sahibzada Farhan
Mohammad Abbas