Pakistan captain Babar Azam is in the peak form of his career. He is ranked number 1 among ICC male cricketers in one-day cricket this year. After achieving this feat, he created a new record. Pakistan’s star batsman is the fastest player to score 2,000 runs as a captain.

Currently, Pakistan is busy playing in the Asia Cup. This year the Asia Cup started with the match between Pak and Nepal. Nepal is playing in the Asia Cup for the first time. The Pakistan captain scored a fantastic 151 runs against them. However, he did not get a run against India in the Group -stage game yesterday. A new record has been made because of his excellent performance throughout the year. He completed 2000 runs as a captain in one-day cricket in just 31 innings. This is the fastest 2000 runs made by any player as a captain.

Babar is followed by former India captain Virat Kohli. He reached this milestone in 36 innings. Former South African cricketer AB de Villiers is in third place after Virat. He scored 2000 runs in 41 innings. Then New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson touched this record in 44 innings. Babar has played 108 matches in ODIs so far. His total runs are 5370. He has scored 3772 runs in 49 Test matches.

Earlier Babar Azam has been praised by many former and current cricketers. Indian star player Virat Kohli has also publicly praised Babar. A few days ago, he said about Azam, Babar’s bat works in all formats of cricket, so according to him, Babar is now one of the best batsmen in the world. When the captain of Pakistan failed in a few matches, the cricket experts of that country started criticizing him.

Before the start of the Asia Cup, Pakistan played an ODI series against Afghanistan. After failing in the first match, there were questions about his batting. However, in subsequent matches, Babar silenced his critics by responding with his bat. India and Pakistan will meet in the Super Four of the Asia Cup. After the first match was abandoned due to rain. All eyes are on what happens in this match.