Babar Azam, the captain of the Pakistan cricket team, has achieved another achievement in his international career. He scored 119 runs in the first innings in the ongoing Test match against Sri Lanka in Galle and completed his 3,000 runs in Test cricket as soon as he completed 30 runs in the second innings. Babar Azam joined this special club in his 41st Test match. He became the 19th batsman to do so for Pakistan. At the same time, Younis Khan has scored the most 10099 runs in Test cricket for Pakistan.
Babar Azam has been included in the list of star players of the world for some time now. He is often compared to Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Kane Williamson a,nd Steve Smith, often called the Fab-4 of the world. More than 10 thousand total international runs have also been registered in his name. Babar Azam achieved this feat after scoring a century in the first innings of the same Test match and he also became the fastest Asian batsman to score 10,000 international runs that Babar Azam achieved achievement.
Fastest 10 thousand international runs
- Sir Vivian Richards (West Indies) – 206 innings
- Hashim Amla (South Africa) – 217 innings
- Brian Lara (West Indies) – 220 innings
- Joe Root (England) – 222 innings
- Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 228 innings
Fastest 10,000 International Runs (Asian Batsman)
Babar Azam had completed 10,000 runs of his international career, scoring 119 runs in the first innings of this match. He is now also the fastest Asian batsman to score 10,000 international runs (in innings). He left Indian batsman Virat Kohli behind in this matter. Before him, this record was in the name of Kohli, who took 232 innings to reach here. At the same time, Babar had achieved this feat in 227 innings. He has 4442 runs in ODI cricket, 2686 runs in T20 Internationals, and 3025 runs in Test cricket that Babar Azam achieved achievement.
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