Babar Azam achieves unique milestone, joins a special club of Pakistan Test captains
The flamboyant Pakistani batter Babar Azam added another feather to his illustrious cap on Wednesday, July 27 as he became only the seventh Test captain of Pakistan to complete 1,000 runs in the ultimate format of cricket.
Babar Azam inching towards another Test ton
The swashbuckling opener is the newest entrant to the exclusive list of Pakistan captains to reach the 1,000 runs landmark in red-ball cricket.
Pakistan captains to reach 1,000 Test runs
- Mushtaq Mohammad (1,035)
- Saleem Malik (1047)
- Javed Miandad (2354)
- Inzamam-ul-Haq (2397)
- Imran Khan (2408)
- Misbah-ul-Haq (4214)
- Babar Azam (1022)*
Babar, who is captaining Pakistan in his 13th Test, achieved the elusive feat on Day 4 of the second Test against Sri Lanka being played at Galle.
Chasing 508 runs to win the second Test, Pakistan were 89/1 before early Stumps were forced due to bad visibility.
Babar Azam was batting at 26 off 38 deliveries while opener Imam-ul-Haq was at 46 before the bad light suspended the play.
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The first Test star Shafique couldn't score big in the second Test as he was dismissed for a duck in the first innings and scored just 16 off 55 in the second innings.
Babar Azam, who is currently enjoying a brilliant run of form with the bat, was the standout performer for Pakistan in the first Test alongside Abdullah Shafique.
The Pakistan skipper struck a brilliant hundred (119) in the first innings of the 1st Test against Sri Lanka and followed it with a gritty half-century (55) in the second innings to lead his side to a 4-wicket victory.
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