Pakistan National Cricket Team's 30-year-old opener Babar Azam has created history with his performance in the second T20I of the three matches. series against the South African National Cricket Team.
Babar Azam has broken the record of legendary West Indies National Cricket Team player Chris Gayle and has become the fastest batsman to score 11000 runs in the history of T20 cricket.
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Babar Azam shines in Centurion T20I
Pakistan National Cricket Team captain Babar failed miserably in the first T20I against the Proteas as he bagged a 4-ball duck.
However, he bounced back strongly in the second T20I at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Friday, December 13. Babar looked in fine form and ensured that his strike rate remained high.
He batted with great confidence and gave his team a great start. But Babar could not score big as he was dismissed in the 12th over by George Linde.
On the first ball of the 12th over, Linde sent a tossed delivery to Babar Azam, who took an aerial route towards long on. However, he couldn't connect well with him and was caught by Ferreira. Babar Azam finished his innings with 31 runs off 20 balls, with 3 fours and 1 six.
Babar Azam completes 11000 T20 runs and 14000 runs in international cricket
Babar did not score big, but still, his performance helped him achieve some interesting milestones. He was the fastest player ever in the history of T20 cricket to hit 11000 runs. This is an amazing feat for Babar, who is not considered a good T20 player.
Babar Azam has become the 11th player to achieve this milestone and has the second lowest rate (129.37) after Shoaib Malik (127.47). Kieron Pollard (150.51) is the player with the highest strike rate with 11000 or more T20 runs.
Babar also completed 14000 runs in international cricket and became the second fastest Pakistani to achieve this feat after the legendary Mohammad Yousuf.
Here is a list of major records achieved by Babar:
Fastest run to reach 14000 for Pakistan across all formats:
337 innings – Mohd Yousuf
338 innings – Babar Azam
343 innings – Javed Miandad
378 innings – Inzamam-ul-Haq
402 innings – Younis Khan
Fewer wickets to reach 11000 runs in T20s
298 – Babar Azam
314 – Chris Gayle
330 – David Warner
337 – Virat Kohli
363 – Aaron Finch
376 – If Butler
386 – James Vince
390 – Alex Hales
408 – Rohit Sharma
Fewer hotels 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 – Mohammad Yousuf
338 – Babar Azam*
339 – David Warner
Most international runs for Pakistan:
Inzamam-ul-Haq – 20,541 runs (547)
Younis Khan – 17,790 runs (491)
Mohammad Yousuf – 17,134 runs (426)
Javed Miandad – 16,213 runs (407)
Babar Azam – 14029 runs (338)
