Former Pakistan cricket captain Babar Azam has bagged another international record during the second match of the ongoing T20 series against South Africa (PAK vs SA). In this match, the Pakistan batting star overtook Rohit Sharma to claim a world record and has now become the number one batsman in T20 Internationals. He has now set the record for the most runs in T20 Internationals. He is also close to scoring 15,000 runs in international cricket.
Rohit Sharma’s which record Babar Azam has claimed?
Rohit Sharma retired from the T20 International format after winning the 2024 World Cup. Even then, he remained the highest run-scorer in the format for a long time. But now Babar Azam has broken Rohit Sharma’s record. He has become the new king of T20 Internationals. He scored an unbeaten 11 runs in the second T20 against South Africa and broke the record when he scored 9 runs.
Babar Azam has so far scored 14,891 runs in international cricket . He is also close to becoming a 15,000-run scorer in international cricket. He has so far scored 4,366 runs in 61 Test matches for Pakistan . In ODI cricket, Babar Azam has 6,291 runs in 134 matches. Now he has 4,234 runs in T20 Internationals. Overall, he has scored 14,891 runs in international cricket. He has scored 31 international centuries and 103 half-centuries.
Batsmen with the most runs in T20 Internationals
Babar Azam – 4234 runs (130 matches)
Rohit Sharma – 4231 runs (159 matches)
Virat Kohli – 4188 runs (125 matches)
Jos Buttler – 3869 runs (144 matches)
Paul Stirling – 3710 runs (153 matches)
Martin Guptill – 3531 runs (122 matches)
Mohammad Rizwan – 3414 runs (106 matches)
In Pakistan, craze for Babar is unmatchable
Fans were expecting a big innings from Babar in this T20I series against South Africa, however, in the second T20I match, the team was given a target of only 111 runs and by the time Babar came to bat, the openers had almost finished the match.
Despite his poor form, setting this world record shows how consistently he plays matches and how brilliant his previous innings have been. Babar has scored 4234 runs in 123 innings of 130 T20I matches, while Rohit Sharma has slipped to second place with 4231 runs in 159 matches.
