New Delhi. Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam’s game is getting better day by day. The player made his debut with a century against Nepal in the Asia Cup. Although he could not play a big innings in the third match of the tournament, he managed to break Virat Kohli’s record. Babar Azam left two Indian veterans behind during this match.
The good news for the Pakistan cricket team is that their captain is in top form ahead of the ICC ODI World Cup in India. Scored against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka before the Asia Cup. After this he started the Asia Cup with a big innings of 151 runs. He did not bat against Team India and was dismissed after playing a short innings against Bangladesh. Even after scoring 17 runs in this match, he broke the record of Indian legend Virat Kohli.
Babar broke Virat’s record
As a captain, Babar Azam has completed his 2000 runs in ODIs. He achieved this success by playing an innings of 17 runs in 22 balls against Bangladesh. India’s Virat Kohli holds the record for fastest 2000 runs in ODIs as a captain. He did this feat in 36 innings while Babar completed 2 thousand ODI runs in just 31 innings.
Legendary South African captain AB de Villiers’ name comes at number three in this list. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson is at number four while former Australia captain Michael Clarke is at number five. Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni did this feat in 48 innings. While Sourav Ganguly completed 2000 runs in 49 ODI innings.
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Tags: Asia Cup, Babar Azam, Virat Kohli
First published: September 06, 2023, 20:39 IST