LAHORE – Pakistan captain Babar Azam achieved another milestone as hecompleted his 3000 Test runs while playing against Sri Lanka in first gameof the series at Galle on Tuesday.
Pakistani batters on Tuesday opened their last innings as they reached 146for the loss of two wickets after the lunch while chasing an uphill targetof 342 runs on the fourth day of the first Test.
Abdullah Shafique is cloase to his century as he is at 77 while he has beenpaired up by Babar Azam, who is at 26.
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The Pakistani skipper completed the 3,000 Test runs in 73 innings, sixthfastest to the milestone for Pakistan. He smashed seven centuries and 18fifties to achieve the milestone at the average of 47.
On Day 2 of the match, Babar Azam surpassed his former Indian counterpartVirat Kohli in reaching 10,000 international runs in 228 innings. Kohli hadachieved scored the same the runs in 232 innings.
