The first match of the Super-8 round of T20 World Cup 2026 will be played between the teams of Pakistan and New Zealand. In this match, everyone’s eyes are going to be on Babar Azam. He can break a world record of veteran Chris Gayle during this match. (PHOTO CREDIT- PTI)
Babar Azam has been in the headlines for some time now due to his poor strike rate in the T20 format. But he can hold the world record of scoring the fastest 12000 runs in T20 cricket during the match played against New Zealand. He is just 20 runs away from this feat. (PHOTO CREDIT- PTI)
Babar Azam has so far scored 11,880 runs in 334 innings of 346 matches in T20 cricket. At the same time, Chris Gayle had completed 12,000 T20 runs in the least 343 innings, which is a record so far. If Babar Azam scores at least 20 runs in the next match, he will achieve it in just 335 innings, which will be less than Gayle. (PHOTO CREDIT- PTI)
Babar Azam will be only the second batsman to score 12 thousand runs in T20 cricket. Earlier this feat was done by Shoaib Malik. But he had taken 451 innings. On the other hand, Virat Kohli had achieved this feat in 360 innings. (PHOTO CREDIT- PTI)
Apart from this, Babar is also just 32 runs away from becoming the highest run-scorer for Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. Shoaib Malik has scored 646 runs in 31 innings. At the same time, Babar has scored 615 runs in 20 innings. (PHOTO CREDIT- PTI)