{"id":8299,"date":"2024-02-22T10:29:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=8299"},"modified":"2024-02-22T10:29:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T10:29:05","slug":"babar-azam-named-in-top-achievers-of-fastest-t20i-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=8299","title":{"rendered":"Babar Azam named in top achievers of fastest T20I runs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"8301\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/FB_IMG_1708597625969.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/FB_IMG_1708597625969.jpg 948w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/FB_IMG_1708597625969-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/FB_IMG_1708597625969-768x778.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LAHORE: In a remarkable feat, former Pakistan national team captain Babar Azam made history by becoming the fastest player to reach 10,000 runs in the shortest format of the game.<br>Babar Azam reached this milestone in just 271 innings, breaking the previous record of West Indies\u2019 Chris Gayle who reached the record in 285 innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Babar achieved the coveted record during a Pakistan Super League (PSL) match between Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings. Babar, who captained the team, contributed 72 runs to Zalmi\u2019s total, setting a target of 155 runs for the opposing team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Babar\u2019s record puts him ahead of cricketing giants including Chris Gayle and India legend Virat Kohli. He joined the much-coveted 10,000-club with the likes of Australian opener David Warner and fellow Pakistani Shoaib Malik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virat Kohli reached the milestone in 299 innings while Warner achieved it in 303 innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shoaib Malik, meanwhile, became the first Pakistani to score 10,000 runs in T20s in October 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: In a remarkable feat, former Pakistan national team captain Babar Azam made history by becoming the fastest player to reach 10,000 runs in the shortest format of the game.Babar&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8299"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8302,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8299\/revisions\/8302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}