Pakistan’s Babar Azam performs a shot throughout their third ODI towards South Africa on the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on November 8, 2025. — AFP
FAISALABAD: Pakistan star batter Babar Azam on Saturday crossed the 15,000-run milestone in worldwide cricket, turning into solely the fifth Pakistani participant to realize the feat.
Babar achieved the milestone in the course of the third ODI and remaining ODI of the three-match sequence towards South Africa, underway on the Iqbal Stadium, when he labored Bjorn Fortuin for a single in the direction of the large mid-on to attain his twenty third run.
The one took his runs tally in worldwide cricket to fifteen,000, and the 31-year-old, consequently, grew to become simply the fifth Pakistani to amass the milestone, becoming a member of the likes of Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Javed Miandad.
Notably, former captain Inzamam leads the record of most worldwide runs by Pakistan batters with 20,541 in 547 innings, adopted by Younis with 17,790, Yousuf with 17,134 and Miandad with 16,213.
Most worldwide runs for Pakistan
Inzamam-ul-Haq – 20,541 runs in 547 innings
Younis Khan – 17,790 runs in 491 innings
Mohammad Yousuf – 17,134 runs in 426 innings
Javed Miandad – 16,213 in 407 innings
Babar Azam – 15,004 runs in 370 innings
Notably, Babar couldn’t convert his first rate begin with the bat into a giant knock and had an agonising finish to his keep on the crease as he was run out after scoring 27 off 32 deliveries, comprising 5 boundaries.
His dismissal got here at a vital juncture as Pakistan have been recovering from a dismal begin, which noticed left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman getting dismissed for a second consecutive duck.
