Babar Azam reached a big milestone throughout Pakistan‘s fightback towards England at Edgbaston on Friday, changing into solely the fourth batter to attain 2,000 runs as captain within the World Check Championship.The Pakistan batter reached the landmark within the third innings of the third Check towards England, becoming a member of an unique record headed by England’s Joe Root, who can also be that includes within the match. Ben Stokes and Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne are the opposite two batters to have crossed the mark.Babar received there in 41 innings, making him the third-fastest batter to achieve 2,000 WTC runs as captain. Root and Karunaratne share the file for reaching the milestone quickest, having performed so in 40 innings. Stokes took 61 innings to attain the feat.
Most runs as captain in WTC
| Participant | Nation | Innings | Runs | Highest Rating | Batting Common | Centuries | Fifties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Root | England | 66 | 3060 | 228 | 48.57 | 8 | 32 |
| Ben Stokes | England | 71 | 2182 | 155 | 32.56 | 3 | 32 |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 45 | 2160 | 244 | 49.09 | 6 | 22 |
| Babar Azam | Pakistan | 41 | 2015 | 196 | 53.02 | 4 | 24 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | West Indies | 64 | 1994 | 160 | 32.68 | 3 | 24 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 37 | 1349 | 254* | 38.54 | 2 | 16 |
| Tom Latham | New Zealand | 37 | 1338 | 252 | 36.16 | 5 | 9 |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 42 | 1254 | 131 | 30.58 | 4 | 15 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | Sri Lanka | 31 | 1130 | 120 | 37.66 | 3 | 15 |
| Najmul Hossain Shanto | Bangladesh | 30 | 1130 | 148 | 38.96 | 4 | 12 |
Babar’s contribution to the milestone got here with a considerable 76 off 103 balls. His innings, which contained 11 boundaries and a six towards Jofra Archer, took his WTC tally as captain to 2,015 runs.It was additionally Babar’s first half-century of the three-Check collection. He had missed the opening Check due to harm earlier than returning to the Pakistan facet.