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Babar Azam Completes 5000 T20 Runs; Becomes Third-Fastest Batsman To Do So

By Sahil Mathur September 17, 2020 • 16:38 PM View: 1249

Babar Azam became the third-fastest batsmen to complete 5000 T20 runs. He achieved this feat while playing for Somerset where he scored 114 runs in 62 balls against Glamorgan in the ongoing T20 blast tournament. He hit 9 fours and 5 sixes during this innings.

His 5000 runs came in just 145 innings. Chris Gayle and Shaun Marsh are the only two batsmen ahead of him. The swashbuckling West Indian batsman went past the 5000 run mark in 132 innings while the Australian took 144 innings to achieve this feat.

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