Babar Azam Vs Virat Kohli | Another big record in the name of Babar Azam, Virat Kohli’s fort is safe, could not beat the ‘run machine’
Vinay Kumar Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 5 wickets in the first match of the ODI series between New Zealand and Pakistan at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday, April 27. In this match, Pakistan’s captain and batsman Babar Azam scored an inning of 49 runs in 46 balls. In his latest match, he set a new precedent in international cricket. Has touched the figure of 12000 runs in the history of international cricket. He is the second player from Asia to reach this huge figure in the least number of innings. But, Asia’s biggest player is still Virat Kohli. Although he has gone ahead of the greats like Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar in terms of making the fastest 12 thousand runs. But, King Kohli has been way ahead of Babar Azam. Records show that Babar Azam completed 12 thousand runs in 277 international innings. While Virat Kohli touched this figure in 276 innings. In this case, the name of former West Indies captain Vivian Richards is on top, who completed 12 thousand runs in 255 innings. Also Read: Top 5 Asian batsmen who completed fastest 12,000 international runs 1. Virat Kohli – 276 innings 2. Babar Azam – 277 innings 3. Javed Miandad – 284 innings 4. Sachin Tendulkar – 288 innings 5. Sunil Gavaskar – 289 Top 5 batsmen in the world who completed fastest 12 thousand runs in innings 1. Vivian Richards – 255 innings 2. Hashim Amla – 264 innings 3. Steve Smith – 269 innings 4. Joe Root – 275 innings 5. Virat Kohli – 277 innings 6 Babar Azam – 277 innings