Pakistan’s Star Batter Becomes Fastest Player to Score 10,000 Runs in T20s, Surpasses Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle: Pakistan’s former skipper Babar Azam creates history after playing an exceptional inning of 72 runs in 51 balls for Peshawar Zalmi against Karachi Kings in the sixth match of Pakistan Super League 2024. Babar Azam becomes the fastest player to complete 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.
Pakistani batter Babar Azam achieved this milestone in just 271 matches whereas Caribbean batter Chris Gayle completed 10,000 runs in 285 matches and Indian Star batter Virat Kohli completed 10,000 runs in T20 Cricket in 299 matches. Currently, PCB is organising a domestic franchise-based cricket league in Pakistan and most of the Pakistani players are participating with some of the international players.
Babar Azam is leading Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League 2024 but they started the tournament with two consecutive losses against Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings, respectively. As of now, Peshawar Zalmi is at the bottom of the PSL 2024 Points Table with zero points and a poor net run rate of -1.255.
Top 5 Batters to Complete 10,000 Runs in T20 Cricket:
- Babar Azam (Pakistan)- 271 matches
- Chris Gayle (West Indies)- 285 matches
- Virat Kohli (India)- 299 matches
- David Warner (Australia)- 303 matches
- Aaron Finch (Australia)- 327 matches
Pakistan Super League 2024, Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings Match Summary:
In the 6th match of Pakistan Super League 2024, Karachi Kings defeated Peshawar Zalmi at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore by seven wickets. The Player of the match was Mir Hamza, who took three wickets in this match for Karachi Kings and led his team to register their first victory of the tournament.
Peshawar Zalmi batted first and they scored a decent 154 runs on the scoreboard in 20 overs, Skipper Babar Azam played an exceptional inning of 72 runs in 51 balls whereas Rovman Powell scored 39 runs in 25 balls and Asif Ali scored 23 runs in 16 balls. Peshawar Zalmi could score more runs on the scoreboard if they formed some big partnerships.
From the Karachi Kings bowling department, Mir Hamza and Hasan Ali took three wickets whereas Daniel Sams took two wickets in this match. Karachi Kings easily chased the target in 16.5 overs with a loss of only three wickets. Skipper Shan Masood failed to play a big inning as he scored 12 runs in 10 balls.
Kieron Pollard played a stormy inning of 49 runs in 21 balls with four fours and sixes whereas English batter James Vince scored 38 runs in 30 balls in this match. From the Peshawar Zalmi bowling department, Luke Wood took two wickets whereas Afghani bowler Waqar Salamkheil took one wicket.
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