PAK vs AUS: Babar Azam becomes the fastest Asian to reach 4000 ODI runs

Babar Azam is now the fastest Asian to reach 4000 runs in the One-Day Internationals. The Pakistan skipper added this remarkable feat to his name during the first ODI of PAK vs AUS on Tuesday. He scored his 15th run in the match and touched the milestone of 4000 ODI runs.

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Babar Azam reached the milestone of 4000 ODI runs in just 82 innings, the second-highest in the world. Hashim Amla holds the first position with 81 ODI innings on this prestigious list. Interestingly, Azam is the first cricketer of Pakistan to amass 4000 ODI runs in less than 100 innings.

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The 27-year-old batter also reached the milestone of 4000 runs from 3000 runs in just 14 innings during the PAK vs AUS. David Warner is the only cricketer to take lesser innings than Babar to reach 4,000 runs from 3,000, and he did it in 12 innings. Overall, is the 15th player from Pakistan to score 4000 ODI runs.

Babar holds many records in ODIs to his name as well. He is the second-fastest cricketer to amass 2000 ODI runs and the second quickest to 1000 T20I runs. One of his most remarkable individual performances is his World Cup ton in a crunch game against New Zealand will go down as one of the great Pakistan ODI