Babar Azam scripts history, becomes fastest to 19 ODI hundreds | Cricket News – Act Daily News

NEW DELHI: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam continued to make waves within the ODI cricket by changing into the quickest batter to attain 19 lots of on Wednesday. The top-ranked ODI batter owned the file throughout the Asia Cup’s opening match towards Nepal in Multan.
The 28-year-old Azam raced to his nineteenth ODI ton in his 102nd ODI innings, bettering the file of former South Africa batter Hashim Amla who took 104 innings.
Former India skipper and star batter Virat Kohli made his nineteenth ODI century in 124 innings whereas Aussie opener David Warner’s feat got here in 139 innings. Former South African skipper AB de Villiers had performed 171 innings for a similar variety of lots of.
Azam additionally drew degree with Pakistan legends Javed Miandad and Saeed Anwar as he now has 31 worldwide lots of beneath his belt. He has scored 19 tons in ODIs, 9 in Tests and three in T20Is.

Miandad had scored 23 lots of in Tests and eight in ODIs whereas Anwar has 20 in ODIs and 11 tons in Tests to his identify.
Azam cracked 14 boundaries and 4 sixes in his whirlwind knock of 151 off 131 balls that helped Pakistan publish a mammoth 342/6. Iftikhar Ahmed additionally scored an unbeaten 109 in 71 balls for his maiden hundred.
Nepal, enjoying within the Asia Cup for the primary time, had bowled properly to maintain the house group right down to 124-4 within the twenty eighth over however have been clueless within the remaining overs towards the onslaught from Azam and Ahmed.