The former captain of Pakistan’s cricket team, Babar Azam attains a remarkable position of being fastest player to score 6000 runs in One Day International (ODI) cricket, equalling the record of South Africa’s Hashim Amlah in just 123 innings.
Apart from that, Babar Azam has become the fastest Asian to score 6000 ODI runs, leaving Virat Kohli behind, who had scored that much in 136 innings.
A classy way to get to a landmark figure for @babarazam258 ✨#3Nations1Trophy | #PAKvNZ pic.twitter.com/2iPV9rICxv
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 14, 2025
This also puts Babar Azam in the list including Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousif and Javed Miandad becoming the fourth Pakistan batsman to score more than 6000 runs in ODI. Babar Azam has shown a consistent piece of himself, able to achieve such milestones at a young age and that is a testament to the huge amount of talent and potential he possesses, which if harnessed well can usher him into the world of immortality in cricket.
Babar Azam ODI Career Stats
| statistics | قدر |
|---|---|
| Matches | 125 |
| اننگز | 122 |
| Not Outs | 15 |
| Runs | 5990 |
| Highest Score (HS) | 158 |
| Average (Ave) | 55.98 |
| Balls Faced (BF) | 6795 |
| Strike Rate (SR) | 88.15 |
| 100s | 19 |
| 50s | 34 |
| 4s | 550 |
| 6s | 61 |
| Catches (Ct) | 52 |
| Stumpings (St) | 0 |
