Skipper Babar Azam breaks another Kohli’s record

F.P. Report

LAHORE: Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam has broken another record of former Indian captain Virat Kohli during the Asia Cup Super Four’s first match.

During the first match of the Asia Cup Super Four, Babar Azam, as captain, became the fastest player to score 2,000 runs.Azam, 28, became the fastest captain to 2000 ODI runs in just 31 innings, breaking Kohli’s record who reached this feat in 36 innings.He did it during the Pakistan vs Bangladesh encounter in the first Super Four match of that ongoing Asia Cup 2023 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday.

Apart from those two, South Africa’s AB de Villiers reached this milestone in 41 innings, Australia’s Michael Clark in 47, India’s MS Dhoni and England’s Eoin Morgan each in 48.