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Babar Azam surpasses Vivian Richards in elite ODI list

By Shubham Shah June 27, 2019 • 12:50 PM View: 1269

June 27 (CRICKETNMORE) Babar Azam scored a brilliant century to help Pakistan register a comfortable six-wicket win over New Zealand in their crucial World Cup fixture in Birmingham.

During the course of his unbeaten 101 on Wednesday, Babar became the second fastest batsman to score 3,000 ODI runs. The 24-year-old reached the milestone in his 68th innings during Pakistan's chase of a 238-run target at Edgbaston.

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