Babar Azam breaks Virat Kohli’s record, becomes fastest to complete 2000 runs

As per details, Babar Azam achieved the milestone of 2000 T20I in his 52^nd inning (54 matches) while Indian skipper Virat Kholi took 60 matches (56 innings) to complete this landmark.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) turned to its official twitter handle and wrote,” Babar Azam becomes the fastest batsman to 2000 T20I runs Fire”.

“He has taken only 52 innings to achieve the feat,” it added.

Babar Azam becomes the fastest batsman to 2000 T20I runs ?

He has taken only 52 innings to achieve the feat!#ZIMvPAK pic.twitter.com/cJT2HkYScg

— ICC (@ICC) April 25, 2021

It is pertinent to mention here that skipper of Pakistan’s men cricket team, Babar Azam dethroned Indian captain Virat Kohli to become the top rated One Day International (ODI) batsman.

Overall, Pakistani skipper is the 11th batsman to complete 2000 runs in T20I cricket and in his career, Babar has a century and 17 fifties.