Fakhar Zaman creates history against New Zealand, breaking Babar Azam-Viv Richards record

Pakistan’s star batsman Fakhar Zaman is currently performing well. He scored an unbeaten 180 in the second ODI between Pakistan and New Zealand. Pakistan won the match by 7 wickets on the strength of his storming innings. On the strength of the tremendous performance in this match, Zaman also got a big record in his name. Zaman broke the record of Pakistan captain Babar Azam and former West Indies legend Viv Richards.

Babar Azam and Viv Richardson break the record –
The ODI series between Pakistan and New Zealand (Pakistan vs New Zealand) is a total of five matches. The hosts Pakistan won the first two matches of the series. Fakhar Zaman has become the third fastest batsman to complete 3000 runs in ODI cricket. He has surpassed Babar Azam and the legendary Viv Richardson in this regard. Zaman has reached the third position in this special list followed by Babar Azam in the fourth position and Viv Richardson in the fifth position.

Fakhar Zaman has scored 3000 runs in just 67 ODI innings. Babar Azam played 68 innings to complete his 3000 ODI runs. Richardson accomplished this feat in 69 innings. The list is topped by former South Africa batsman Hashim Amla, who scored 3000 ODI runs in just 57 innings.

Batsmen to score 3000 runs in the shortest innings in ODI cricket
Hashim Amla- 57 innings
Shai Hope- 67 innings
Fakhar Zaman- 67 innings
Babar Azam- 68 innings
Viv Richards- 69 innings

International career of Fakhar Zaman
When it comes to Fakhar Zaman’s international career, he has played 3 Tests, 67 ODIs and 76 T20 Internationals. He has scored 192 runs at an average of 32 in Test cricket. He has scored 3082 runs at an average of 49.70 in ODI cricket. He has scored 1433 runs at an average of 21.71 in 76 matches for Pakistan in the T20 format. (Fakhar Zaman breaks the record of Babar Azam and Viv Richards for scoring 3000 runs)

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