After the innings in which he got to 6000, Babar's batting average stood at 55.73 - the highest for any batter at that point

Considered arguably the greatest batsmen to grace ODI cricket, Virat Kohli reached 6,000 ODI runs in his 136th ODI innings, which was against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad in 2014. Kohli marked the occasion with a match-winning 53 off 61 balls. He also holds the record of scoring most ODI hundreds with his tally of 50 centuries.

As mentioned, Babar is now the joint-fastest batter to 6,000 ODI runs doing so in his 123rd ODI inning (126th match). Meanwhile, although he was dismissed for 29 runs, he reached the 6,000-run mark faster than Kohli. Overall, he now owns 6,019 runs at an average of 55.73.

Pakistan's star batter Babar Azam levelled Hashim Amla's world record to become the joint-fastest player to complete 6,000 runs in ODI cricket. He completed the 6,000-run mark in 123 innings, the same number of innings taken by Amla.

Pakistan batter Babar Azam will beat India’s Virat Kohli and equal Hashim Amla’s record in reaching 6,000 ODI runs t