Babar Azam becomes fastest Asian to score 10,000 runs after legendary innings vs Sri Lanka

Ekramul Haque Azim 17 July 2022

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Babar Azam becomes fastest Asian to score 10,000 runs after legendary innings vs Sri Lanka

Babar Azam reinforced his legend as the 27-year-old hit a brilliant century in the first Test against Sri Lanka. This is his seventh Test century and the first on Sri Lankan soil.

Babar played a crucial innings and ended with a magnificent 119 runs off 244 balls. He was the highest run scorer for his team and hit 11 fours and two sixes.

Babar became the fastest Asian cricketer to complete 10000 runs in international cricket and left behind Virat Kohli in the process. While Virat had achieved the feat in 232 innings, Babar did the same in 228 innings.

Fastest Asian to score 10000 runs in International Cricket

Babar Azam: 228 innings
Virat Kohli: 232 innings
Sunil Gavaskar: 243 innings
Javed Miandad: 248 innings
Sourav Ganguly: 253 innings

The Pakistani captain even surpassed his own country’s Javed Miandad as he took 248 innings to achieve this figure.

Fastest 10000 international runs for Pakistan

Babar Azam: 228 innings
Javed Miandad: 248 innings
Saeed Anwar: 255 innings
Mohammad Yousuf: 261 innings
Inzamam-ul-Haq: 281 innings

As far as Babar’s career is concerned, he has played 204 matches in his seven-year international career, and scored 10098 runs, with 25 centuries and 66 half-centuries against his name.