The 30-year-old Pakistan National Cricket Team Babar Azam created history with his performance in the second T20I of three games. series Against the South African National Cricket Team.
Babar Azam broke the record of legendary West Indies National Cricket Team batsman Chris Gayle and became the fastest batsman to score 11000 runs in the history of T20 cricket.
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Babar Azam shines in Centurion T20I
Former Pakistan National Cricket Team captain Babar failed as he took 4 bulk ducks in the first T20I against the Proteas.
However, he made a strong comeback in the second T20I on Friday, December 13 at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. Babar looked in classy touch and ensured that the strike rate remained high.
He batted with unwavering confidence and led his team to a great start. Babar, on the other hand, could not score a big goal as he was dismissed by George Linde in the 12th minute.
On the first ball of the 12th over, Linde hit an aerial delivery to Babar Azam towards long-on. However, he failed to connect with it well and was caught by Ferreira. Babar Azam completed his innings with 31 runs, 20 balls, 3 fours and 1 six.
Babar Azam completes 11000 T20 runs and 14000 runs in international cricket
Babar didn’t score big but still his performance helped him achieve some sensational milestones. He became the fastest player in the history of T20 cricket to score 11000 runs. This is a remarkable achievement for Babar, who is not rated as a good T20 player.
Babar Azam became the 11th player to reach this milestone and has the second lowest strike rate (129.37) behind Shoaib Malik (127.47). The player with the highest strike rate with 11000 or more T20 runs is Kieron Pollard (150.51).
Babar also completed 14,000 runs in international cricket, becoming the second fastest Pakistani to achieve the feat after the legendary Mohammad Yousuf.
Here is the list of major records achieved by Babar:
Fastest to reach 14000 runs for Pakistan in All Formats:
337 innings – Mohd Yousuf
338 innings – Babar Azam
343 innings – Javed Miandad
378 strokes – Inzamam-ul-haq
402 innings – Younis Khan
Fewest innings to reach 11000 runs in T20s
298 – Babar Azam
314 – Chris Gayle
330 – David Warner
337 – Virat Kohli
363 – Aaron Finch
376 – If Buttler
386 – James Vince
390 – Alex Hales
408 – Rohit Sharma
Fewest innings to reach 14000 international runs:
309 – Viv Richards
309 – Hashim Amla
313 – Virat Kohli
319 – Matthew Hayden
327 – Joe Root
328 – Stephen Smith
331 – Brian Lara
332 – Kane Williamson
337 – Muhammad Yusuf
338 – Babar Azam*
339 – David Warner
Most international runs for Pakistan:
Inzamam-ul-Haq – 20,541 runs (547)
Younis Khan – 17,790 runs (491)
Muhammad Yusif – 17134 runs (426)
Javed Miandad – 16,213 runs (407)
Babar Azam – 14029 runs (338)
