ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): Pakistan’s Babar Azam has become the
joint-fastest player in history to score 1,000 career runs in one-
day international cricket, equalling a record that was first set 37
years ago.
The 22-year-old is also the first Pakistani to achieve the
milestone. It was the 21st innings of his career. Before him Azhar
Ali had scored 1000 runs in 23 matches, while Yasir Hamid took 24
matches to reach the figure.
Babar reached to 1,000 career runs when he scored 47 not out
against Australia in the third ODI at Perth on Thursday. Overall he
amassed 84 off 100, hitting four boundaries and a six in the match.
He joined the exclusive club of West Indies great Sir Vivian
Richards, England pair Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott as well as
South Africa’s Quinton de Kock in reaching the 1000-run milestone in
21 innings.
He initiated the five-match series, requiring 114 runs in the
first two fixture to set the record of reaching 1,000 runs in 20
innings. However, he remained unable to do that as he managed to
score 33 and 34 in the first two matches.