December 19, 2022
Sports Tak staff
Babar Azam became the first Pakistan captain to score 1,000 or more Test runs in a calendar year
Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq scored 999 runs from seven Tests in 2005
Babar Azam reached the milestone with a 54-run knock in the ongoing Karachi Test against England
Babar Azam is currently fourth on the list of leading Test run-scorers in 2022
Babar Azam has scored 1,009 runs from 15 innings at an average of 67.26 including 3 centuries and 7 fifties
Joe Root is leading the charts with 1,098 runs followed by Australian opener Usman Khawaja (1,079) and Jonny Bairstow (1,061)
Babar Azam is also the sixth batter to hit 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year
Mohsin Khan (1,982), Inzamam-ul-Haq (2,000), Mohammad Yousuf (2,006), Younis Khan (2006 and 2014) and Azhar Ali (2016)