On Wednesday, Pakistani player Babar Azam broke previous T20 records set by players like Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli.
On Wednesday, Pakistani batsman Babar Azam became the fastest player to score 10,000 T20 runs, surpassing players like Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle. In terms of innings, matches played, and total time, he is the fastest to accomplish the feat. When his club, Peshawar Zalmi, lost against Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League by seven wickets, Babar sprinted to the landmark during his 72-run innings. Babar was just six runs shy of 10,000 runs before the Lahore game. Babar arrived in 11 years and 82 days, 271 innings, and 281 matches.
Gayle, a West Indies star, achieved the milestone after 285 innings, 290 matches, and 11 years and 215 days. Meanwhile, top Indian batsman Kohli did it in 299 innings, 314 matches, and 14 years and 176 days.
Former Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez has recently revealed facts regarding his interaction with top batsmen Babar and Mohammad Rizwan during the just concluded T20I series against New Zealand.
Pakistan escaped a whitewash in the five-match T20I series by winning the final game by 42 runs to finish the tour 4-1.
During the first three games of the series, Babar showed signs of returning to form after a poor performance in last year’s World Cup and Test series against Australia.
The veteran batter amassed scores of 57, 66, and 58 against the Kiwis. He scored 213 runs at an average of 42.6 over the series.
Hafeez talked candidly about his chat with Babar, emphasizing the value of each player’s participation, which is crucial to the team’s success.
Hafeez, quoting from Geo News, stated in an interview: “You are a great player, you are a wonderful player, and you are playing great cricket; however, you have to develop the Pakistan team.””We need to develop a team, and for that, I want you to come at number three because you have been playing this role in the ODI cricket for the last six years,” Hafeez said in a statement.
