F.P. Report
KARACHI: After scoring his seventh ODI century against Sri Lanka in the 33rd innings, Babar Azam makes another record of getting more runs and centuries in the 33 innings.
Babar smashed six boundaries to score 101 off 133 deliveries and this innings makes sure the achievement of several records simultaneously. After scoring crucial inning of 101, Azam has now scored 1659 runs in the first 33 innings of his ODI career, nine more than South African great Hashim Amla.
He is also now the quickest to seventh ODI ton by reaching it in 33 innings, next to him is Hashim Amla with seven tons in 41 ODI innings. Zaheer Abbas reached seven ODI centuries in 42 innings while Quinton de Kock reached his seventh ODI century in his 50th innings.
His current batting average 57.20 is second best among all the batsmen who have batted at least 30 innings in one-day-internationals. Only above him is Ryan ten Doeschate whose batting average is 67.00, mainly because of greater numbers of not-outs in his career.
