Peshawar Zalmi’s Babar Azam watches the ball after enjoying a shot throughout their PSL 11 match in opposition to Karachi Kings on the Nationwide Financial institution Stadium in Karachi on April 9, 2026. — PCB
KARACHI: Peshawar Zalmi’s skipper Babar Azam on Thursday rewrote the historical past books as he grew to become the quickest batter to attain 12,000 runs in males’s T20 throughout his aspect’s Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 11 fixture in opposition to Karachi Kings on the Nationwide Financial institution Stadium.
The proper-handed batter entered the fixture with 11987 runs to his title in simply 337 innings and breached the 12000-run barrier with a six off Kings’ Khushdil Shah on the third supply of the fourth over.
Because of this, the 31-year-old grew to become simply the twelfth batter within the historical past of the lads’s T20s to achieve the milestone, becoming a member of the likes of West Indies’ Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard, India’s Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, and compatriot Shoaib Malik within the elusive listing.
Curiously, Babar is the quickest among the many 12 batters to breach the 12000-run barrier, taking simply 338 innings, 5 fewer than Gayle, who conceded 345 innings. He’s adopted by Kohli and Australia’s David Warner, with 360 and 368 innings, respectively.
In the meantime, Gayle nonetheless holds the highest spot on the listing of batters with essentially the most runs in males’s T20s with 14,562 runs in 455 innings, comprising 22 centuries and 88 fifties, carefully adopted by compatriot Pollard with 14,482 runs.
Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Malik holds the seventh spot with 13,571 runs in 515 innings.
Batters with 12000-plus runs in males’s T20s
Chris Gayle (West Indies) – 14562 runs in 455 innings
Kieron Pollard (West Indies) – 14482 runs in 652 innings
Alex Hales (England) – 14449 runs in 523 innings
David Warner (Australia) – 14121 runs in 434 innings
Jos Buttler (England) – 13909 runs in 466 innings
Virat Kohli (India) – 13612 runs in 398 innings
Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) – 13571 runs in 515 innings
James Vince (England) – 13102 runs in 470 innings
Rohit Sharma (India) – 12361 runs in 452 innings
Quinton de Kock (South Africa) – 12322 runs in 439 innings
Faf du Plessis (South Africa) – 12041 runs in 431 innings
Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 11944 runs in 349 innings
