Babar Azam broke Virat Kohli's record: scored 17th century, became the fastest captain to score 1000 runs in ODIs

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has impressed everyone with his batting skills. He is called the 'Virat Kohli of Pak', but the 27-year-old Pak batsman has surpassed former Indian captain Virat Kohli in the list of the fastest captains to score 1000 runs in ODIs.

Right-handed batsman Babar Azam (103) scored his 17th century against the West Indies on Wednesday night. His innings helped Pakistan register a thrilling 5-wicket win over West Indies. With this win, Pakistan has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. In this match, West Indies, batting first, scored 305 runs based on opener Shay Hope's century, this score was achieved by Pakistan with 4 balls to spare.

International cricket after 14 years in Multan

International cricket has returned through this match after 14 years in Multan. This Babar Azam gifted a century to his fans. Earlier this ground hosted Bangladesh in 2008.

One thousand runs scored in 13 innings

With this innings, the Pakistan captain has also completed 1,000 runs in ODI cricket as a captain. Babar took 13 innings to touch this figure and he has become the fastest captain in world cricket to achieve this feat. Earlier this record was in the name of former Indian captain Virat Kohli, who scored the fastest 1,000 runs in 17 innings as a captain.

He scored a hat-trick of centuries for the second time in ODIs.

Babar has scored a hat-trick of centuries for the second time in ODIs. This is his third consecutive century in ODI cricket. The Pakistan captain had scored back to back centuries against Australia before the West Indies. He scored a hat-trick of centuries in 2016. Then against the Caribbean team, he scored back to back three hundred.

Gave his man of the match to Junior Shah

After the match, the captain showed his generosity and gave his man of the match to his junior Khurshid Shah. Khurshid Shah played a useful inning of 41 not out and led the team to victory.

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