Pakistan’s Babar Azam became the joint-fastest batter to score 6000 runs in ODIs during the <a href="https://sports-info.online/2025/02/12/cricket/odi-tri-series-mohammad-rizwan-and-salman-agha-smash-tons-as-pakistan-defeat-south-africa-in-record-chase/” title=”ODI Tri-Series: Mohammad Rizwan And Salman Agha Smash Tons As Pakistan Defeat South Africa In Record Chase”>tri-series final against New Zealand in Karachi on Friday.
Babar needed 10 runs to equal South Africa’s Hashim Amla’s record (123 innings). The 30-year-old reached the milestone with a four off Jacob Duffy through the covers in the seventh over of the first innings.
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However, Babar failed to convert his start and chipped a return catch to Nathan Smith, having scored 34-ball 29 including four fours and a six.
Babar made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in Lahore in 2015. He has scored 34 fifties and 19 hundreds in the 50-over format.
A classy way to get to a landmark figure for @babarazam258 ✨#3Nations1Trophy | #PAKvNZpic.twitter.com/2iPV9rICxv
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) February 14, 2025
