Galle, First Published Jul 17, 2022, 5:48 PM IST
While Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Steve Smith and Joe Root are known as the greatest players of the time, Pakistan’s Babar Azam has joined them.
Virat Kohli has been out of form, while Joe Root has been brilliant in the last one-and-a-half years, racking up hundreds. He has not scored a single century in the last two and a half years.
But Babar Azam is scoring tremendously. While Kohli has broken many past records in batting, Babar Azam is also breaking Kohli’s records in these 2 years of Kohli’s absence from form.
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Babar Azam smashed another record of Virat Kohli, who scored a century in the first Test against Sri Lanka. Batting first in the first Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, the Sri Lanka team scored 222 runs in the first innings, while the Pakistan team scored 218 runs thanks to Babar Azam’s century.
While nobody in the Pakistan team was playing well, Babar Azam was the only one who stood his ground and scored a responsible century. Babar Azam scored 119 runs. Babar Azam scored 119 runs out of 218 runs scored by Pakistan team.
He reached the milestone of 10000 runs in international cricket in this innings. Babar Azam has reached the milestone of 10000 runs in international cricket including Test, ODI and T20. Babar Azam, who reached the milestone of 10,000 runs in 228 innings, surpassed Virat Kohli in the list of fastest players to reach 10,000 runs and became 5th internationally.
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Virat Kohli reached the milestone of 10 thousand runs in 232 innings. Babar Azam broke it and reached 228 innings. Vivian Richards (206 innings), Hashim Amla (217 innings), Brian Lara (220 innings) and Joe Root (222 innings) occupy the top 4 positions in this list. Babar Azam is at the 5th position in this list.
Last Updated Jul 17, 2022, 5:48 PM IST