Pakistani batsman Babar Azam has chased the records held by two Indian batsmen, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma (Captain of the Indian Cricket Team).
Babar Azam has emerged as one of the best batsmen along with other great batsmen in the Sports and Cricket field. He completed the milestone of having scored International 11,000 runs in the quickest and fastest manner and also surpassed Virat Kohli.
Virat has been in the number one position in the table as he completed his International 11,000 runs, in 261 innings. The young talent, 27 years old, has completed this milestone in just 251 innings.Â
What does the Stats speak about Babar?
Having said that, Babar topped the table of becoming the fastest Asian batter to score 11,000 runs in International cricket, while Virat Kohli is the second.
The third position is still in the name of another Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar who had got the position for scoring runs in 262 innings, and the fourth spot is secured by Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad, as he took 266 innings.
Babar is the 11th batsman to complete this milestone. Overall stats of Babar Azam looks like this: 3122 runs from 75 innings of 42 tests, 4664 runs from 90 innings of 92 ODIs (Day Internationals), and 3216 runs from 86 innings of 91 T20Is (Twenty 20 Internationals).
Another Record smashed by Babar
As Babar has set a new record, during the match between Pakistan and Bangladesh in the ongoing tri-series in New Zealand, he also smashed another record held by the Indian Cricket Team’s Captain Rohit Sharma. Babar has scored their 29th T20I half-century in the match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, till now, while Rohit Sharma has scored 28 half-centuries. While Virat Kohli has got 33 fifties in his name.Â
Summary of the Pakistan and Bangladesh match
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first. Bangladesh’s batter Litton Das scored his fifty in 39 balls. Litton scored 69 off 42 deliveries before he departed to the pavilion. Shakib Al Hasan scored 68Â off 42 balls. Naseem Shah and Mohammad Wasim took two wickets each. Bangladesh, somehow set the target of 174 runs as Pakistani bowlers kept things tight with the bowling attack and stopped them at 173 runs and taking 6 wickets.Â
In the powerplay, Pakistan’s openers did a great start with 46-0. Hasan Mahmud took the first wicket for his team in the 13th over by sending back Babar Azam. Haider Ali’s wicket fell just within two other balls.
On the other hand, Mohammad Rizwan, a great run scorer for Pakistan, got 69 runs in 56 balls. As Rizwan built a partnership with Mohammad Nawaz, they took the Pakistan team to complete the run chase by 7 wickets. Mohammad Rizwan won the Player of the Match award.
