Pakistan skipper Babar Azam owns fairly a number of records in worldwide cricket. He is at present the primary ranked batter in ODI cricket and has already scored three half-centuries within the ongoing World Cup in India. He can be sensible within the shortest format of the sport having scored 3485 runs in 98 T20I innings at a median of 41.5 with three centuries and 30 half-centuries to his title.
He additionally owns some records in T20 cricket however on Monday (October 30), Malaysia’s Virandeep Singh broke a few Babar Azam’s records within the format. He is at present that includes within the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Asia Finals 2023 which is able to work as a pathway for the groups to qualify for the T20 World Cup subsequent yr scheduled within the West Indies and the USA.
Malaysia confronted Oman of their opening sport of the event on Monday and though they misplaced the match, Virandeep created a file together with his 57-run knock off 53 balls with two fours and as many sixes to his title. During his preventing knock with the bat, Virandeep accomplished 2000 runs in T20I cricket in 64 innings turning into the sixth quickest to the milestone when it comes to innings taken. Babar Azam is the quickest to 2000 runs in T20Is alongside his teammate Mohammad Rizwan having reached there in 52 innings every.
However, when it comes to time taken to finish 2000 runs in T20Is, Virandeep Singh went previous the Pakistan captain. Babar had reached the milestone in 4 years and 230 days after making his debut within the format, Virandeep did so in 4 years and 218 days. Moreover, the latter can be the youngest to the milestone having breached the 2000-run mark on the age of 24 whereas Babar had completed the identical when he was 26 years outdated.
