Babar Azam
In this season of Pakistan Super League (PSL), the bat of former Pakistan team captain Babar Azam has been seen speaking fiercely. Babar has scored 544 runs in 10 innings at an average of 60.44 in this season of PSL, which also includes one century and 5 half-centuries. Babar Azam’s bat, which struggled with poor form last year, is currently seen performing well in the T20 format. With this, Babar has completed 1000 runs in T20 cricket in just 74 days in the year 2024. Babar’s form is also considered a good news for Pakistan cricket team because in the month of June, Pakistan also has to play T20 World Cup hosted by West Indies and America.
Babar did this feat for the fifth time in T20 cricket
So far, the record of scoring 1000 plus runs in a calendar year in T20 cricket is in the name of Chris Gayle, who has done it 9 times. Babar Azam has done this feat 5 times till now. Babar has played a total of 21 matches in T20 cricket so far in the year 2024, in which he has scored 1008 runs at an average of 53.05, which includes one century and 10 half-centuries. Apart from Babar, England’s Jos Buttler and former Australian captain Aaron Finch have also scored 1000 plus runs in a calendar year 5 times each. Whereas Alex Hales, Colin Munro, David Warner, James Vince, Shoaib Malik, Glenn Maxwell and Kieron Pollard have achieved this feat 4 times each in T20 cricket. Whereas Virat Kohli has so far been able to achieve the feat of scoring more than a thousand runs in a year only twice in T20 cricket.
Became the second player to do so in PSL
Babar Azam has also become the second player in the history of PSL to complete the 500-run mark in three different seasons. Babar has achieved this feat in the years 2021, 2023 and this season. Before him, only Mohammad Rizwan could cross the 500-run mark in three different PSL seasons. Rizwan has also shown excellent performance with the bat in the current season, in which he has scored 381 runs, while his team Multan Sultan has also confirmed its place in the finals.
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