Chris Gayle, a legendary Caribbean cricketer, had previously held the record for the fastest 9000 T20 runs until Pakistani superstar Babar Azam broke it during the PSL 2023 Eliminator 1.
Shadab Khan led Islamabad United against Babar Azam’s Peshawar Zalmi in that Lahore match. United batted first, and Zalmi eventually scored 183/8. The highest run scorer in that game was right-handed batter Babar, who opened with 64 runs off 39 balls (10 fours).
United’s response was a meagre 171/6 in 20 overs, and Zalmi won by 12 runs. With that victory, Zalmi moved on to Eliminator 2, where they will compete against Lahore Qalandars on March 17 for a spot in the tournament Final.
Chris Gayle, a legendary Caribbean cricketer, had previously held the record for the fastest 9000 T20 runs until Pakistani superstar Babar Azam broke it during the PSL 2023 Eliminator 1.
Shadab Khan led Islamabad United against Babar Azam’s Peshawar Zalmi in that Lahore match. United batted first, and Zalmi eventually scored 183/8. The highest run scorer in that game was right-handed batter Babar, who opened with 64 runs off 39 balls (10 fours).
United’s response was a meagre 171/6 in 20 overs, and Zalmi won by 12 runs. With that victory, Zalmi moved on to Eliminator 2, where they will compete against Lahore Qalandars on March 17 for a spot in the tournament Final.
Fastest to 9000 T20 runs: Babar Azam reached faster than Chris Gayle
Babar scored 9000 T20 runs during his impressive batting performance, which took just 245 innings. Babar set a new record for the quickest batter to reach 9000 runs in T20 cricket by surpassing Chris Gayle’s mark of 9000 runs in 249 innings.
Babar completed 245 innings of play with 9029 T20 runs (254 matches).
Fastest to complete 9000 T20 runs (in terms of innings)
Player | Innings to complete 9000 T20 runs |
Babar Azam | 245 |
Chris Gayle | 249 |
Virat Kohli | 271 |
David Warner | 273 |
Aaron Finch | 281 |
Record holders of fastest career run milestones
Fastest to complete ____ runs | Player | Innings to complete runs |
1000 | Brad Hodge | 23 |
Shaun Marsh | 23 | |
2000 | Shaun Marsh | 53 |
3000 | Shaun Marsh | 85 |
4000 | Chris Gayle | 107 |
5000 | Chris Gayle | 132 |
6000 | Chris Gayle | 162 |
7000 | Babar Azam | 187 |
8000 | Chris Gayle | 213 |
9000 | Babar Azam | 245 |
10000 | Chris Gayle | 285 |
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