Karachi, Feb. 19 -- One of the world's best batters, Babar Azam, holds the key for Pakistan in their home ICC Champions Trophy 2025 tournament and he reveals his thoughts ahead of their first game.

In what will be Pakistan's first ICC tournament played on home soil since 1996, there is a lot on the line for this team.

Pakistan are the defending Champions Trophy title holders, winning in 2017, and one thing that carries over from that success eight years ago is the presence of none other than Babar Azam.

He was instrumental, as a budding 22-year-old, with the cricketing world at his feet, when Pakistan reigned supreme in the UK. And now, as a 30-year-old and one of the top batters in the world according to the ICC's ODI Rankings, he will ...