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LAHORE: Pakistan top-order batter Babar Azam achieved a major World Test Championship (WTC) milestone in the ongoing first Test against South Africa here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.
Coming into this Test, Babar required two runs to become the first Asian batter to score 3,000 runs in the ICC WTC.
The batting maestro reached the landmark with an elegant boundary on the fourth ball of the 48th over. With this, he became Pakistan’s first and overall eighth player to score 3000 runs in the Test championship.
JE Root (ENG) 69 matches 6080 runs
SPD Smith (AUS) 55 matches 4278 runs
M Labuschagne (AUS) 53 matches 4225 runs
BA Stokes (ENG) 57 matches 3616 runs
TM Head (AUS) 52 matches 3300 runs
UT Khawaja (AUS) 43 matches 3288 runs
Z Crawley (ENG) 52 matches 3041 runs
Babar Azam (PAK) 37* matches 3021 runs
However, despite a promising start, he was trapped lbw by Prenelan Subrayen on the score of 23. His 48-ball knock featured five fours.
Overall, Babar Azam has registered 18 half-centuries and eight tons in the 37 WTC matches played so far.
Babar Azam – 3021
Shubman Gill – 2826
Rishabh Pant – 2731
Rohit Sharma – 2716
Dimuth Karunaratne – 2642
Virat Kohli – 2617
Notably, India’s Test captain Shubman Gill trails behind with 2826 runs in 39 matches so far. Gill has scored 10 tons and eight 50s in the cycle, and is averaging at 43.47.
His compatriot Rishab Pant is third in the list with 2731 runs to his name at an average of 43.34 in 38 matches. He scored six centuries and 16 half-centuries.
