Babar Azam of Pakistan sets record: Fastest to 10,000 T20 runs

Pakistani batsman Babar Azam became the fastest batsman to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket on 21 February 2024. In this sequence, Babar Azam achieved this feat leaving behind Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli.

• Babar Azam is the fastest player to achieve this feat in terms of innings, in terms of matches and time taken.

Babar achieved this feat in 281 matches:

• Babar achieved this feat during his 72-run innings for his team Peshawar Zalmi against Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League. Before the game in Lahore, Babar was just six runs short of the 10,000-run mark. Babar has achieved this position in 271 innings, 281 matches and 11 years and 82 days.

Gayle and Kohli were left behind by Babar:

• West Indies legend Chris Gayle had achieved this feat in 285 innings, 290 matches and 11 years and 215 days.
• Whereas India's Virat Kohli achieved this feat in 299 innings, 314 matches and 14 years and 176 days.
• Virat Kohli is the first Indian to score ten thousand runs in T20 cricket. After Kohli, captain Rohit Sharma has also completed ten thousand runs in T20 cricket. Thus, there are only two Indian batsmen who have completed ten thousand runs in T20 cricket.

About Babar Azam:

• Babar Azam was born on October 15, 1994. Babar Azam is also the captain of Pakistan cricket team. The international debut of this right-handed batsman was on May 31, 2015.

Babar Azam's statistics in cricket:

• Babar Azam's debut for the Pakistan cricket team was in an ODI match played against Zimbabwe in Lahore.
• Babar Azam's T20 debut was on September 7, 2016 and his Test debut was in October 2016. Babar Azam has scored 10066 runs in 281 matches played in his T20 career at a strike rate of 128.90 and an average of 43.95.
• Babar has scored 10 centuries and 84 half-centuries in his T20 career so far. His best score in this format is 122 runs.
• In the ODI format, he has scored a total of 5729 runs in 117 matches at an average of 56.72 and strike rate of 88.86, during which his best score has been 158 not out.
• Babar has 19 centuries and 32 half-centuries to his name in the ODI format.
• In 94 innings of 52 matches in the Test format, Babar has scored a total of 3898 runs at an average of 45.85.
• During this period, he has scored 9 centuries and 26 half-centuries, and his best score has been 196 runs.
• Babar Azam is also the number-1 batsman in ICC ODI rankings at present.