In the early part of his career, he used to bat in the middle order, but from 1979–80 season onwards he was a regular opener.
After winning the toss, the home side captain Shamim Kabir decided to bat first.
During January 1984, he was consistently among the runs against the relatively weaker oppositions in the South East Asian Cricket Cup.
Quite appropriately, he retired from international cricket at Dhaka after playing against the Hyderabad Blues side in the 1983–84 season.
Apart from his success against East Africa, there had been a number of other occasions when Yousuf Babu had contributed with the ball.
Just days after hitting 78 against the MCC, he showed the tourists that he could bowl as well as bat, taking 4/37 at Jessore, while playing for the South Zone.
His best effort in one day cricket came against Dilip Doshi's West Bengal side, at Dhaka (in 1983).