Babar Azam scored 45 runs against Sri Lanka in the first match of the tri-series, completing his 16,000th international run. Batting first, Pakistan scored 305 runs.
Babar Azam has completed 16,000 runs in international cricket. He reached this milestone on Sunday, October 18, playing against Sri Lanka. In the first match of the tri-series, Pakistan set a target of 306 runs for Sri Lanka to win. Salman Ali Agha scored a brilliant century.
The Tri-Nation Series is underway between Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and England. The first match was between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, where Pakistan, batting first, scored 305 runs. Salman Ali Agha scored a brilliant century, scoring 107 runs from 90 balls. He hit one six and ten fours in this innings. Earlier, Babar Azam, coming in at number three, scored 45 runs, hitting six fours. He missed his half-century, but reached the milestone of 16,000 international runs in this innings.
Fifth Pakistani to score 16,000 runs
Babar Azam became the fifth Pakistani player to reach 16,000 runs in international cricket. Pakistan’s leading run-scorer in international cricket is Inzamam-ul-Haq, who scored 20,580 runs in 551 innings across 499 matches.
Top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs for Pakistan
- 20580 – Inzamam-ul-Haq
- 17790 – Younis Khan
- 17300 – Mohammad Yusuf
- 16213 – Javed Miandad
- 16038 – Babar Azam
Only Inzamam-ul-Haq from Pakistan has scored more than 20,000 runs in international cricket. Babar is still a long way from reaching this milestone, although he is close to surpassing Javed Miandad, who is fourth in the list.
Sachin Tendulkar on top
In world cricket, Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most runs in international cricket, scoring 34,357 runs in 782 innings. He is the only player to have surpassed 30,000 runs. Virat Kohli , who now plays only in the ODI format, is second with 28,527 runs. Kumar Sangakkara is third with 28,016 international runs.
