KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam on Friday became the fastest batsman to complete 5,000 ODI runs during the 4th match against New Zealand in Karachi.
The 28-year-old beat Hashim Amla’s record when Babar took a single to reach 19 against New Zealand. This is Babar Azam’s 97th innings in 99 ODIs, improving on Hashmir Amla’s feat of reaching the landmark in 101 innings from 104 matches.
Babar Azam
Last year Babar narrowly missed equalling Hashim Amla’s record for fastest 4,000 One Day International runs in 81 innings. Babar Azam has been the number one batsman on the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) rankings for ODIs for the last two-year.
Babar is the 14th Pakistani player to complete 5,000 runs in One Day International cricket, with former skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq at the top of the list with 11,701 runs. Babar Azam scored his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in Lahore in May 2015.
𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 🤩@babarazam258 becomes the fastest batter to 5️⃣,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ ODI runs 👏#PAKvNZ | #CricketMubarak pic.twitter.com/5Yas7066lp
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) May 5, 2023
