Babar Azam writes history by securing a unique record
Babar Azam added a medal on his chest as he became the first Pakistani player to surpass the 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. The right-handed batsman went on to smash his 11th ODI hundred in the 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka in Karachi.
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While doing so, Azam smashed the record held by former captain Javed Miandad and became the fastest Pakistan batsman to cross 1,000 runs in a calendar year.
While it had taken 21 innings for Miandad to do so in 1987, Babar Azam achieved the same in just 19 innings. Former middle-order batsman Mohammed Yousuf and former batsman and current coach Misbah-ul-Haq share the third spot in the list, having taken 23 innings to reach the feat, according to the reports.
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