Babar Azam completes 500 runs in PSL 2024 season: Stats
Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam has become the first player to complete 500 runs in the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024 season. He achieved the milestone in Qualifier 1 versus the Multan Sultans on Thursday. Coming into the match, Babar was on 498 runs. He got to the mark with just his second run. Here we decode his stats.
Babar gets dismissed by Jordan for 46
Babar hit five fours versus the Sultans on a difficult surface. He smashed a 42-ball 46. He shared a 47-run stand alongside Mohammad Haris. Babar was looking to bat through the innings after PSZ lost wickets. But Chris Jordan dismissed him with a yorker.
Six fifty-plus scores in the 2024 PSL season
Playing his 10th match of the campaign, Babar was dismissed in the 14th over, leaving his side reeling at 101/4. Babar now owns 544 runs at 60.44 (50s: 5, 100s: 1). Notably, no other batter owns over 400 runs this season. Babar's scores this season read as 68, 72, 31, 48, 111*, 0, 64, 53, 51 and 46.
Babar is closing in on 3,500 PSL runs
With his 46-run knock, Babar now owns 3,479 runs in the PSL at 45.77. His tally includes two tons and 33 fifties. He owns the highest number of fours (384). His strike rate reads 127.52. Earlier this season, Babar became the first PSL batter to hammer 3,000 runs in the competition. He has represented Islamabad United and Karachi Kings in the past.
Babar nearing the 10,500-run mark in T20s
Babar, who is playing his 289th T20 match, has raced to 10,470 runs at an average of over 44. He is 30 runs shy of the 10,500-run mark. Earlier this season, Babar surpassed 10,000 T20 runs, becoming the second Pakistani player to achieve the record after veteran Shoaib Malik. Babar has smashed 87 fifties and 11 hundreds in T20s.
