Pakistan batter Babar Azam performs a shot throughout the first Check towards South Africa on the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, October 12, 2025. — X/Pakistan Cricket
Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam marked a serious achievement within the ICC World Check Championship (WTC) throughout the first Check towards South Africa on the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.
The star batter crossed the three,000-run mark in WTC historical past, turning into the primary Pakistani and eighth general participant to realize this outstanding feat.
The appropriate-handed batter reached the milestone in his thirty seventh Check match, having already registered 18 half-centuries and eight centuries within the WTC thus far.
Other than the Pakistan batter, the record of gamers with over 3,000 runs within the WTC contains three England batters, Zak Crawley (3,041), Ben Stokes (3,616) and Joe Root (6,080), who additionally holds the document for essentially the most runs in WTC historical past.
The elite record additional options 4 Australian stars, Steve Smith (4,278), Marnus Labuschagne (4,225), Travis Head (3,300) and Usman Khawaja (3,288).
Wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan was unbeaten on 60, alongside Salman Ali Agha (49)* as Pakistan reached 308 for 5 in 86 overs on the time of submitting this story.
Earlier, Pakistan’s center order collapsed from 163-1 to 199-5 after a 161-run stand between skipper Shan Masood and Imam-ul-Haq helped Pakistan to get better following an early blow.
Nevertheless, Rizwan and Salman’s unbeaten 109-run stand helped the house aspect get better within the opening recreation of the two-match Check sequence.
Enjoying XIs:
Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Agha, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan.
South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Sen Muthusamy, Prenelan Subrayen, Kagiso Rabada, Simon Harmer.
