Babar Azam : Former captain of Pakistan cricket team Babar Azam created history in Pakistan Super League yesterday. Babar became the first player in PSL history to score 3,000 runs. Babar achieved this feat when he scored his 29th run against Quetta Gladiators.
Babar is the highest run scorer in PSL
Babar Azam is the highest run scorer in PSL history and no other player is even close to him. Apart from this, Babar Azam has also reached close to 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. He currently has 9,926 runs in his name. Babar will become the 13th player in cricket history to achieve this feat with 74 runs and the second Pakistani player after Shoaib Malik to do so.
Peshawar Zalmi lost the match by 16 runs
Talking about the match, Babar's team Peshawar Zalmi had to face defeat against Quetta Gladiators. Quetta Gladiators batted first and gave a target of 207 runs to Peshawar. Babar played an innings of 68 runs in 42 balls. Opener Sam Ayub played an inning of 42 runs. However, Peshawar Zalmi lost the match by 16 runs.