Pakistan star Babar Azam has added another feather in his cap as he become the first Pakistani batsman to score 500 runs in a T20 tournament.
The 24-year-old is currently playing for Somerset Cricket Club in the Vitality Blast T20 Championship where, he scored 63 off 42 against Glamorgan — his fifth half-century score in the tournament.
The innings took his total score in the on-going championship to 541 runs in 11 innings, the highest by any Pakistani cricketer in shortest format of the game.
Babar surpassed a 486-run record by opening batter Ahmed Shahzad, who had achieved the feat in 2012’s edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).