Babar Azam: Captain of Pakistan Created History, Broke this Great Record of Sachin Tendulkar

Babar Azam New Record: In the first match of the 5-match ODI series being played between Pakistan and New Zealand, Pakistan won by 5 wickets. Batting first in the match, New Zealand scored 288 runs for 7 wickets. In response, Pakistan won the match by scoring 291 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 48.3 overs. This match was very special for Pakistan captain Babar Azam. Babar Azam broke a great record of legendary player Sachin Tendulkar in this match.

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Pakistan Captain Created History

Pakistan captain Babar Azam scored 49 runs in the first ODI against New Zealand. With this, he also completed his 12000 runs in international cricket. Babar Azam became the second fastest Asian batsman to complete 12000 runs. He did this feat by leaving behind veterans like Javed Miandad and Sachin Tendulkar, but he could not leave Virat Kohli behind. Kohli scored 12000 international runs in 276 innings. Whereas, Babar Azam did this feat in 277 innings.

Fastest Asian Batsman to Score 12000 Runs

Innings Player

276 – Virat Kohli

277 – Babar Azam

284 – Javed Miandad

288 – Sachin Tendulkar

289 – Sunil Gavaskar

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International Career of Babar Azam

Babar Azam has played 47 Tests, 96 ODIs and 104 T20 matches for Pakistan so far. In Tests, Babar Azam has scored 3696 runs at an average of 48.63. In ODIs, Babar Azam has 4862 runs at an average of 59.29. At the same time, Babar Azam has scored 3485 runs in T20 at an average of 41.49. During this, Babar Azam has scored a total of 29 centuries.