SL vs PAK | Babar Azam becomes fastest Asian to score 10,000 international runs, surpasses Virat Kohli

Babar Azam became the latest batsman to enter the 10,000-run club and did so in record-making style. The Pakistan skipper has reached the mark faster than any Asian cricketer before him, taking only 228 innings to achieve the feat. The record was previously held by Indian talisman Virat Kohli, who had needed 232 innings to get to the same mark. Overall, the Lahorian sits fifth on the list just behind Hashim Amla, Brian Lara and Joe Root, while Sir Vivian Richards sits at the helm having surpassed 10,000 runs in just 206 innings.

The 27-year-old has comfortably overtaken Pakistan’s previous record holder Javed Miandad, who needed 20 more innings than Babar to get to the important landmark. Azam’s majority of the runs have come in ODIs, where he has tallied 4,442 at an average of 59.22. In Tests, he has tallied 2,851 runs averaging 45.98, while his T20I record reads 2,686 runs at an average of 45.52.