Babar Surpasses Gayle To Claim Historic Feat
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South Africa defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in the second T20I of the three-match series.
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Opting to bat first, Pakistan posted a good total of 206/5 with Saim Ayub scoring 98 off 57 balls.
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However, the Proteas chased down the target with three balls to spare as Reeza Hendricks hammered 117 runs off 63 balls.
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Despite being on the losing side, Pakistan batter Babar Azam achieved a historic feat.
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Babar scored 31 and completed his 11,000 in T20 cricket (international + franchise cricket + domestic cricket).
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He is now the 11th player in the world and second player from Pakistan after Shoaib Malik to achieve this feat.
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Apart from this, he is fastest player in the world to score 11,000 T20 runs, in terms of innings.
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Babar achieved this feat in 298 innings. He surpassed the legendary Chris Gayle who held this record with 314 innings.
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