Babar Azam, captain of the Pakistan national cricket team, has become the fifth player from his country to achieve 16,000 runs in international matches. This achievement occurred during the tri-series match against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi, where the Pakistan team was competing against their opponents.
Babar Azam's Historic Achievement
In this match, Babar scored 45 runs off 57 balls with 6 fours, achieving a strike rate of 78.95. Since the start of his career in 2015, Babar has amassed 16,038 runs in 355 international matches with an average of 45.30. He has also registered 32 centuries and 111 fifties, with his highest score being 196.
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Among the great players in the history of Pakistani cricket, Babar Azam ranks fifth. At the top of this list is Inzamam-ul-Haq with 20,541 runs in 495 matches and 35 centuries. Younis Khan with 17,790 runs and 41 centuries, Mohammad Yousuf with 17,134 runs and 39 centuries, and Javed Miandad with 16,213 runs and 31 centuries are other prominent players that Babar must strive to reach.
Babar's Performance in Different Formats of Cricket
In Test competitions, Babar Azam has scored 4,771 runs in 66 matches with an average of 42.98, including 9 centuries and 34 fifties. In One Day Internationals, he has achieved 6,671 runs in 144 matches and 141 innings with an average of 53.36, including 20 centuries and 38 fifties, with his highest score being 158. Additionally, Babar is recognized for his highest score in T20Is with 4,596 runs in 145 matches and 136 innings.
This year, Babar has recorded 170 runs in 4 innings in One Day Internationals with an average of 42.50 and a strike rate of 67.72. In all international formats, he has scored 742 runs in 18 matches and 21 innings with an average of 41.22 and a highest score of 88.
In the recent match against Sri Lanka, Pakistan batted first and after reaching a score of 118/4, a partnership of 97 runs between Salman Agha and Hasan Nawaz (37 runs off 49 balls, with two fours and two sixes) helped steer the team back on track. Agha scored 107 runs off 90 balls, marking his fourth century in ODIs, leading Pakistan to a total of 305 in 49.5 overs.
In this match, Ajantha Mendis with 4 wickets in 46 balls and Asitha Fernando with 3 wickets in 59 balls were among the best bowlers from Sri Lanka.
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