ISLAMABAD – While Pakistan’s new batting superstar Fakhar Zaman was busysetting new records in ODI cricket in the fifth match against Zimbabwe,veteran Shoaib Malik joined an elite list too.
Malik completed 7,000 runs in one-day internationals on Sunday. He is theeighth Pakistan batsman to reach the milestone.
Malik also achieved a rare ‘double’ on the day. He became just the seventhcricketer to score 7000 runs and 150 wickets in ODIs. He is the secondPakistan player after Shahid Afridi to enter the club that also has playerslike Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar.
The all-rounder achieved the feat in the fifth ODI between Pakistan andZimbabwe at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. Malik scored 18-ball 15 tooverhaul 7000-run mark in ODIs.
Malik now has 7012 runs and 156 wickets from 266 ODI matches.
While Sachin Tendulkar has the highest number of runs in this list with18,426 runs, Afridi has the highest number of wickets with 395. Chris Gayleis the only other active player in the list.
Here are the seven players to have more than 7000 runs and 150 wickets inODIs:PlayersMatchesRunsWicketsSteve Waugh (Australia) 325 7,569 195Sachin Tendulkar (India) 463 18,426 154Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 445 13,430 323Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 328 11,579 273Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) 398 8,064 395Chris Gayle (West Indies) 281 9,585 165Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) 266 7,000 156