On Friday, Pakistan’s top batsman Babar Azam etched his name in the cricketing annals during the tri-series final versus New Zealand at the National Bank Stadium.
Currently the most recent Pakistan cricket player to join the elite 6,000 ODI runs club is thirty-year-old With 34 half-century and 19 centuries, his career total shows his consistency and supremacy in the format. With 11,701 runs, Inzamam-ul-Haq leads this elite list; followed by Mohammad Yousuf (9,554) and Saeed Anwar (8,824).
Apart from this outstanding achievement, the right-handed batter matched the joint-fastest to 6,000 ODI run record of former South African great Hashim Amla. In just 123 innings, Babar and Amla both reached a historical mark. Having just 97 innings, the former captain already holds the fastest 5,000 ODI run record.
Apart from the 6,000-run historic mark, Babar is now just one century away from matching Saeed Anwar’s record of the most ODI centuries by a Pakistani batter. Anwar has 20 centuries on record; Babar right now has 19.
Fastest to 6,000 ODI Runs:
Babar Azam (Pakistan): 123 innings
Hashim Amla (South Africa): 123 innings
Virat Kohli (India): 136 innings
Kane Williamson (New Zealand): 139 innings
David Warner (Australia): 139 innings
