Babar Azam Becomes Joint-Fastest to 3,000 T20I Runs

Babar Azam became the joint-fastest batter to amass 3,000 T20I runs while batting in the sixth game against England. It took the top player 81 innings to attain the milestone, which is exactly Virat Kohli’s number of games.

At the Gaddafi Stadium, captain Babar Azam added another half-century to his total while batting against England. In the abbreviated format of the game, he crossed the 3,000 run threshold during that inning. Babar Azam joined Virat Kohli, Martin Guptil, Rohit Sharma, and Paul Stirling as the only other batters to reach the milestone in T20I cricket history.

Here’s a list of batters who scored 3,000 runs in the T20I format:

The Pakistani captain is the only player with 3,000 T20I runs in just six years of competition.  The other four batters took more than a decade to achieve the feat.