Pakistan captain Babar Azam once again betters Virat Kohli’s record
Pakistan vs Australia
The three-match ODI series between Australia and Pakistan is underway in Lahore.
Pakistan win the 2nd ODI
After Australia won the first ODI by 88 runs, Pakistan bounced back to take the second game by 6 wickets. The third ODI will be the series decider.
MoM, 2nd ODI – Babar Azam
During Pakistan’s chase of 349, captain Babar Azam produced a Player of the Match knock of 114 off 83 balls. Even Imam-Ul-Haq scored a ton (106 off 97).
Babar Azam’s 15th ODI century
Babar’s 83-ball 124 marked his 15th ton in the ODIs. By reaching the 100-run mark, Babar became the fastest man to 15 ODI hundreds, in terms of innings.
Hashim Amla
Babar, who reached 15 ODI tons in 83 innings, broke the previous record that was held by former South Africa captain Hashim Amla – 86 innings. Babar’s record is much superior to Virat Kohli, who had reached 15 ODI centuries in 106 innings.
Fastest to 15 ODI tons – Top five
Babar Azam – 83 innings
Hashim Amla – 86 innings
Virat Kohli – 106 innings
David Warner – 108 innings
Shikhar Dhawan – 108 innings
Babar vs Virat
Last month, Babar had bettered Kohli’s record in Test cricket. Babar had set a record for the highest score by a captain in the fourth innings of a Test – 196, beating legends such as Don Bradman (173*), Virat Kohli (156), Ricky Ponting (141), and Brian Lara (153) in the record.