Babar Azam achieved this landmark during the ongoing first Test against South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Batting at No. 4, the former Pakistan captain hit a boundary off Senuran Muthusamy’s fourth ball of the 49th over to reach the milestone in Lahore.
Apart from them, England’s batting maestros Joe Root, Ben Stokes, and Zak Crawley have also scored over 3000 runs in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).
Players with the most runs in the ICC World Test Championship:
6080 runs: Joe Root (60 innings; England)
4225 runs: Marnus Labuschagne (53 innings; Australia)
3300 runs: Travis Head (52 runs; Australia)
3041 runs: Zak Crawley (52 innings; England)
2868 runs: Ollie Pope (51 innings; England)
In the list of Asian batters with the most WTC runs, Babar now leads the table, followed by India’s Shubman Gill with 2826 runs in 39 matches. Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma are next with 2731 and 2716 runs, respectively.
3003* runs: Babar Azam (37* innings; Pakistan)
2731 runs: Rishabh Pant (38 innings; India)
2642 runs: Dimuth Karunaratne (35 innings; Sri Lanka)
2509 runs: Dhananjaya de Silva (35 innings; Sri Lanka)
2420 runs: Yashasvi Jaiswal (26 innings; India)
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Shan Masood shines as Pakistan reach 280/5 against South Africa in Lahore
Currently, Rizwan is batting on 50, while Salman Ali Agha is providing the supporting hand with 37* as the hosts have crossed 280 runs with five wickets in hand against South Africa in Lahore.
Earlier, Shan Masood had said at the toss, “We have two seamers in case there is reverse swing. South Africa are the defending WTC champions. Good chance for us to measure ourselves against the best.”
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