Pak vs WI: Babar Azam breaks Virat Kohli's record

Pakistani skipper Babar Azam has turn out to be the quickest to attain 1000 ODI runs as a captain, surpassing the record of Indian captain Virat Kohli. Babar achieved the record throughout Pakistan vs West Indies’ first ODI on Wednesday that came about at Multan Cricket Stadium.

Babar Azam is now the quickest because the captain to 1000 ODI runs

He led the group from the entrance scoring a surprising ton to record the feat in his thirteenth inning because the skipper. Earlier, Kohli grew to become the quickest to 1000 ODI runs because the captain within the seventeenth innings adopted by AB De Villiers and Kane Williamson who did so in 20 and 22 matches respectively.

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— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) June 8, 2023

His beautiful inning introduced him a few different data. Now, Babar is the one cricketer to attain three consecutive ODI centuries on two events. He earlier did it in opposition to the West Indies in 2016. Whereas, this time, he scored two consecutive hundredths within the house ODI series in April this yr, adopted by the most recent in opposition to the West Indies yesterday (eighth June).

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Babar’s century helped Pakistan to deal with the goal of 3-6 runs. It should be famous Nicholas Pooran and males totalled 305 runs on the lack of eight wickets. Shai Hope was the highest scorer of the match, including 127 from 134 balls. Sharma Brooks scored 70 from 83 balls. However, their batters couldn't painting their speciality as Pakistan chased it down on the lack of 5 wickets saving 4 balls.

From Pakistan, Imam ul Haq and Mohammad Rizwan performed respectable innings of 65 and 59 runs respectively. As far as their bowlers are involved, Haris Rauf grasped a four-wicket haul however conceded 77 runs. Shaheen Shah Afridi collected two wickets and yielded 55 whereas, Shadab Khan was the one least economical conceding solely 37 runs and selecting a wicket too.

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