ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Skipper Babar Azam makes history in T20 InternationalCricket.
Babar Azam became the first Pakistani cricketer to score 1,600 T20 runs ina calendar year. Babar joined stalwarts like Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle asonly the third batsman to achieve the feat in the shortest format ofprofessional cricket.
India’s Kohli had scored 1,614 in year 2016 while West Indian Chris Gaylehad scored 1,665 runs in 2015.
Azam, 25, remained in good form throughout the year. He played aresponsible innings of 50 against Australia in second T20I on Tuesday tocomplete his 1,600th run in T20s this year.
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Babar, in 2019, has scored 15 scores of 50 or more, including threecenturies, in overall T20 cricket. He is also the first Pakistani to scorethree hundreds in a calendar year.
