Can Babar Azam break Virat Kohli's record

Can Babar Azam break Virat Kohli's record

The mega match of Asia Cup 2023 between India and Pakistan will be played on 2 September. In this high-voltage match, Pakistan captain Babar Azam has a great opportunity to break a record of Virat Kohli. Let us tell you that Babar Azam is only 6 runs away from becoming the fastest captain to score 2,000 ODI runs. In such a situation, Babar can achieve a big position in the Indo-Pak match.

Babar Azam has a golden opportunity to break Virat Kohli's record

As captain of the Indian team, Virat Kohli had scored 2000 ODI runs in 36 innings. At the same time, Babar Azam has scored 1994 runs in 30 ODI innings. In such a situation, Babar has a chance to break Kohli's record by scoring 6 runs in the 31st innings. Babar Azam has scored 5353 runs in 104 ODIs at an average of 59.48 and 19 hundreds. Let us tell you that in the opening match of Asia Cup 2023, Babar Azam started with a brilliant century against Nepal PAK vs NEP. Babar went past Hashim Amla to become the fastest batsman to score 19 ODI hundreds in history.

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Virat Kohli ODI Records

Match	Inning	Runs	High Score	Avg	Strike Rate	100	50	4s	6s
275	265	12898	183	57.32	93.63	46	65	1211	139

Babar Azam ODI Records

Match	Inning	Runs	High Score	Avg	Strike Rate	100	50	4s	6s
104	102	5353	158	59.48	89.4	19	28	482	56

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Opening matches of Asia Cup

Pakistan made a bang in Asia Cup 2023. In the first match of the tournament, host Pakistan defeated Nepal by 238 runs. Chasing the target of 343 runs, Nepal team collapsed for 104 runs in 23.4 overs. Sompal Kami (28) scored the most runs for Nepal. Apart from them, Arish Shaikh contributed 26 runs and Gulshan Jha contributed 13 runs.