Babar becomes first Pakistani cricketer to score 4,000 runs in all formats
Star batsman Babar Azam has become the first Pakistani player to score 4,000 runs in all three formats of cricket.
As per the details, although Babar was sent back to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs against South Africa in the first Test Thursday, he completed a total of 4,000 runs in Test cricket.
Earlier, he has played 128 T20 matches and scored a total of 4,223 runs. In ODIs, he has scored a whopping 5,957 runs since his debut in 2015.
A year after his ODI debut, Babar was given T20I and Test caps. He led Pakistan for many years, but his performance as a captain came into question after the team’s poor performance at the 2023 World Cup. Babar resigned from captaincy of all three formats in November 2023 after Pakistan’s exit from the World Cup.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) then appointed Shaheen Afridi as the T20 skipper whereas Shan Masood was handed reins of Pakistan’s Test squad.
In March this year, Babar was once again made captain of Pakistan’s white ball teams. Under his leadership, Pakistan played 43 ODIs, winning 26 and losing 15. Apart from this, Pakistan won 48 and lost 29 T20 International matches.
On October 2, 2024, he resigned as white-ball captain once again. Currently, Muhammad Rizwan is leading Greenshirts in ODI and T20Is.