Babar Azam becomes first Pakistan captain to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year

 Babar Azam becomes first Pakistan captain to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year,, Pakistan captain Babar Azam, on Monday, December 19, accomplished another captaincy accomplishment on the third day of the continuous third Test against Britain at the Public Arena in Karachi.

Babar Azam becomes first Pakistan captain to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year

Babar turned into the primary Pakistan chief to score in excess of 1000 Trials during a schedule year. He scored 54 runs off 104 balls against Britain in the second innings with the assistance of seven limits.

Babar's innings was finished off by Britain Test debutant Rehan Ahmed in the 53rd over. Babar played a force shot off the Britain leg-spinner just to track down Ollie Pope at short mid-wicket.

The Pakistan chief added 54 to his most memorable innings score of 78, where he was run out by a joined exertion from Harry Stream and Ben Foakes. He amassed 348 runs in six innings at a normal of 58 in the continuous Test series against Britain.

In 2022, Babar has now scored 1009 runs in 15 Test innings at a normal of 67.26, including three centuries and seven fifties. He turned into the main Pakistan skipper to accomplish this achievement in a schedule year in Test cricket.

Babar has two more Test innings this year to add more rushes to his count when Pakistan face New Zealand in the principal Test between December 26 and 30.

Babar likewise joined previous Australian player Ricky Ponting to score the most fifty or more scores by a chief across all configurations in a schedule year. Babar has enrolled a sum of 24 50 or more scores in Tests (10), ODIs (8) and T20Is (6) to rise to Ponting's count in 2005.

Babar Azam-drove Pakistan on the cusp of a whitewash versus Britain

Pakistan have previously lost the three-match Test series to Britain after routs in Rawalpindi and Multan. It appears they are probably not going to dominate the Karachi match as they dealt with a lead of 164 in with nine wickets down following 74 overs in the subsequent innings.

Aside from Babar, Saud Shakeel's 53 was the main other wonderful exhibition from the Pakistan batting request in the subsequent innings.

In the event that Britain win the third Test in Karachi, they would finish a memorable 3-0 whitewash, playing in Pakistan following 17 years.

At the hour of composing, the travelers are at 46/0 in 4.2 overs and need just 121 races to win the apparatus with two additional days to go.