After 90 one-day international (ODI) innings, Pakistani captain Babar Azam has surpassed South African Hashim Amla on the list of players with the most runs scored.
Babar hit 91 runs in the third one-day international against the Netherlands on Sunday, bringing his total ODI runs to 4,664, which is 108 runs higher than Amla had at the same point in his ODI career with 4,556 runs.
The most ODI hundreds by anyone after 90 innings belongs to the Pakistani captain, who also happens to be followed by Amla with 17.
Cricketer Shai Hope recorded 4,051 runs while West Indian Viv Richards had 4,122 runs from 90 innings.
Babar eventually outperformed Amla in total aggregates from innings 85 and 86 of his career, while Amla held the advantage in innings by its aggregate from innings 29 to 84 of his career.
Amla had an advantage of 7 runs over Babar on the list of total runs after 87 innings prior to the start of the Pakistan vs. Netherlands series, but the Pakistani captain was able to regain the lead with a half-century in the opening game.
Babar scored three consecutive half-centuries in three-match ODI series against the Netherlands.
Babar had not failed to record a century in any bilateral ODI series since January 2019 at this point. Pakistan’s January 2019 tour of South Africa to play five ODIs was the most recent such series.
