The right-handed batter reached the landmark during Pakistan’s opening match against Sri Lanka in the ongoing ODI tri-series at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Pakistan batter Babar Azam achieved a major milestone in his international career on Sunday, October 18, as he became the fifth Pakistani cricketer to complete 16,000 runs across all three formats.
The list includes Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Javed Miandad. Babar has scored runs across all three formats for Pakistan. The milestone adds to Babar’s achievements in international cricket, where he has established himself as one of Pakistan’s leading batters across formats.
The 32-year-old reached the landmark in his 399th international innings, making him the third-fastest Pakistani batter to score 16,000 international runs. Mohammad Yousuf holds the record among Pakistani players, having reached the mark in 388 innings, followed by Javed Miandad, who took 398 innings. With the achievement, Babar joined an elite group of Pakistani batters who have scored at least 16,000 international runs. Inzamam remains Pakistan’s leading run-scorer in international cricket, having accumulated 20,541 runs in 495 matches. Younis follows with 17,790 runs, while Yousuf scored 17,134 runs during his international career. Miandad finished with 16,213 runs. Babar reached the milestone in his 355th international match, having made his international debut for Pakistan in an ODI against Zimbabwe in May 2015. He has accumulated 4,771 runs in Test cricket, 6,626 in ODIs and 4,596 in T20 internationals, according to the career figures provided. His ODI record includes 20 centuries and 38 half-centuries, while he has registered nine centuries and 34 half-centuries in Test cricket. In T20Is, he has scored three centuries and 39 half-centuries.
He achieved the feat during Pakistan’s innings after walking out to bat at No. 3 following the dismissal of opener Saim Ayub.
Babar needed seven runs to reach the milestone before the start of the match.
