Not Yashavi Jaiswal or Shubman Gill! Babar Azzam becomes the first Asian in the history of the World Trade Center….

Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam He made history on Sunday, October 12, when he became the first cricketer from Asia to score 3,000 runs in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).

Babar Azam achieved the feat during the ongoing first Test against South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Batting at number four, the former Pakistan captain hit a boundary off Senoran Muthusamy’s fourth ball in the 49th over to reach the milestone in Lahore.

Babar Azam makes history in the Lahore Test against South Africa

Babar Azam has now joined a select group of international players to have scored 3,000 points at the World Trade Centre, including Australian stars Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head and Usman Khawaja.

Apart from them, English batting masters Joe Root, Ben StokesZak Crawley also scored over 3,000 runs in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).

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Players who have scored the most runs in the ICC World Test Championship:

6080 runs: Joe Root (60 runs, England)

4278 points: Steve Smith (55 runs, Australia)

4225 runs: Marnus Labuschagne (53 runs, Australia)

3616 runs: Ben Stokes (57 runs, England)

3300 runs: Travis Head (52 runs, Australia)

3288 runs: Usman Khawaja (43 runs, Australia)

3041 runs: Zak Crawley (52 runs, England)

3003* runs: Babar Azam (37* runs; Pakistan)

2868 runs: Ollie Pope (51 runs, England)

2826 runs: Shubman Gill (39* runs; India)

In the list of Asian batsmen with the most runs at the WTC, Babar now tops the table, followed by India’s Shubman Gill with 2,826 runs in 39 matches. Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma are next with 2731 and 2716 runs respectively.

Among the Pakistani players, only wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has crossed the 2,000-wicket mark. Rizwan has 2,194 runs in 37 matches to his name, while Test captain Shan Masood has 1,663 runs in 28 matches.

Asian players with the most runs in the ICC World Test Championship:

3003* runs: Babar Azam (37* runs; Pakistan)

2826 runs: Shubman Gill (39* runs; India)

2731 runs: Rishabh Pant (38 runs, India)

2716 runs: Rohit Sharma (40 runs, India)

2642 runs: Dimuth Karunaratne (35 runs; Sri Lanka)

2617 runs: Virat Kohli (46 runs, India)

2509 runs: Dhananjaya de Silva (35 runs; Sri Lanka)

2505 runs: Ravindra Jadeja (46 runs, India)

2420 runs: Yashvi Jaiswal (26 runs, India)

2340 runs: Dinesh Chandimal (32 runs, Sri Lanka)

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Shan Masood shone as Pakistan reached 280/5 against South Africa in Lahore

During the innings, Babar scored 23 runs off 48 balls, hitting four boundaries against South Africa. Masood, on the other hand, played a stunning knock of 76 runs, and also added a huge 161-run partnership for the second wicket with Imam-ul-Haq, who missed the century by just 7 runs.

Currently, Rizwan is batting with 50, while Salman Ali Agha provides the supporting hand with 37* as the hosts passed 280 runs with five wickets in hand against South Africa in Lahore.

Earlier, Shan Masood said during the draw, “We have two seamers in case there is a reverse swing. South Africa are the defending WTC champions. Good opportunity for us to measure ourselves against the best.”