Babar Azam breaks Kohli’s record

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Pakistan’s opening batsman Babar Azam has become the quickest batsman in the history of T20I cricket to score 1000-runs.

He achieved this feat in a total of 26 innings during the third T20I against New Zealand when he reached score of 48 at Dubai international cricket stadium on Sunday, leaving behind India captain Virat Kohli — who achieved the same record in 27 innings. Aaron Finch of Australia had achieved this milestone in 29 innings.

Babar is also the top ranked batsman in T20I cricket.