Pakistan cricket team skipper Babar Azam attained a new milestone in his career. He has gone past 11,000 runs in international cricket. Babar struck his 29th T20I fifty versus Bangladesh.
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Babar is now the fastest Asian batter to reach 11,000 runs in international cricket. The 27-year-old reached the milestone in his 251st inning. He has bettered the record held by Kohli (261 innings).
International runs
Babar is the 11th Pakistani with11,000-plus runs after Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Javed Miandad, Saleem Malik, Saeed Anwar, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, and Misbah-ul-Haq.
RecordĀ
Babar scored a 40-ball 55 versus Bangladesh as Pakistan chased down 174 with a ball to spare. He also got past Indian skipper Rohit Sharma (28) in terms of fifties in the format.
Career stats
Babar has raced to 3,231 T20I runs at 43.66. He has slammed two tons and 29 fifties. In ODIs, Babar has amassed 4,664 runs at 59.79. In Tests, he has 3,122 runs at 47.30 (100s 7, 50s 23).