Babar Azam 12000 T20 Runs: In the 17th match of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026, Peshawar Zalmi batted brilliantly against Karachi Kings. Babar Azam’s team, batting first after losing the toss, scored 246 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Babar Azam played a stormy innings. At the same time, a world record of T20 cricket was also broken. Babar Azam has now become the fastest batsman to score 12 thousand runs in T20 cricket.
Babar Azam broke the world record
Babar Azam scored unbeaten 87 runs facing 51 balls in this match. He scored these runs at a strike rate of 170.58, which included 10 fours and 2 sixes. In this innings, he hit many excellent shots and took his team to a big score. Babar Azam also set a new record by completing his 12000th T20 run in this match. He completed 12000 runs in just 343 innings, who has now become the fastest batsman to score 12000 runs in T20 format.
Before Babar Azam, this record was in the name of West Indies legend Chris Gayle. Chris Gayle had achieved this feat in 343 innings. But Babar played 5 innings less than Chris Gayle and touched the 12000 run mark. At the same time, Virat Kohli has now reached third place in this list. Virat took 360 innings to score 12000 T20 runs.
Fastest batsman to score 12000 runs in T20
- 338 innings – Babar Azam
- 343 innings – Chris Gayle
- 360 innings – Virat Kohli
- 368 innings – David Warner
- 405 innings – Josh Buttler
Kusal Mendis scored a century
Apart from Babar, Kusal Mendis also played a memorable innings in this match for Peshawar Zalmi. Batting at number three, he played an innings of 109 runs in 52 balls. His innings included 14 fours and 4 sixes. Whereas, Abdul Samad scored unbeaten 40 runs in 12 balls and took the team to this big score.