US EditionSydney Sixers Unveil Unique Jersey Number for Babar Azam
The Sydney Sixers assigned Babar Azam a unique jersey number '056' to avoid a clash with Mitchell Starc and launched a fan zone celebrating his debut.
- On December 14, the Sydney Sixers assigned Pakistan batter Babar Azam jersey number 056 for Big Bash League 2025-26, sharing photos and a video of the reveal.
- Faced with a numbering clash, the Sixers assigned Babar Azam jersey No.056 after Mitchell Starc, Australian pacer, joined earlier that month and retained his traditional No.56.
- Earlier this year, the Sixers signed Babar Azam as a direct signing, and photographs show Babar posing in the Sixers kit as part of the reveal campaign.
- Across the BBL, multiple Pakistani stars will feature, with the Sixers launching the Babaristan fan zone in October to capitalise on Babar Azam’s profile.
- Babar is expected to debut in the season curtain-raiser against Perth Scorchers on December 14.
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