SPORTS

Babar Azam completes 12,000 intl. runs

By Atrayo Bhattacharya

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Babar Azam reaches 12k runs

Babar Azam completed 12,000 international runs in Pakistan's 5-wicket win over NZ in the first ODI, becoming the second-fastest Asian batter to reach the landmark.

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Second fastest Asian batter

Babar completed 12,000 runs in 277 innings and became the second-fastest Asian batter. Only behind Virat Kohli, who completed the feat in 276 innings. 

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Eighth Pakistani batter

Babar Azam becomes the eighth Pakistani batsman to reach 12,000 runs, joining the likes of Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousaf, Javed Miandad and others.

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Babar's stellar performance

Babar, since his debut in 2015 has been piling up runs for Pakistan. He has amassed 3,696 runs in Tests, 4,862 runs in ODIs and 3,485 runs in T20Is. 

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Pakistan wins a thrilling chase

New Zealand posted 288/7, courtesy of Will Young and Daryl Mitchell's heroics, but Pakistan secured the win riding on Fakhar Zaman's ton and other contributions. 

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Pakistan's ODI milestone

Pakistan became the third nation to achieve 500 wins in ODIs, just behind Australia and India.

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