Babar Azam completes 1,000 ODI runs against New Zealand: Stats
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Babar Azam has attained a new milestone in ODIs. He has gone past 1,000 ODI runs versus New Zealand. Babar attained the milestone with his 55th run in the Champions Trophy opener in Karachi. Chasing 321 runs, Babar, who opened the innings, fought valiantly after Pakistan were in tatters. He added 47 runs alongside Fakhar Zaman before adding another 58 runs with Salman Agha.
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6th Pakistan batter with 1,000-plus runs against NZ (ODIs)
Babar got to his fifty from 81 balls. He was out for a 90-ball 64. In 23 matches, he has scored 1,009 runs vs New Zealand at 48.04 (50s: 9, 100s: 2). Babar also became just the 6th Pakistan batter to attain the milestone after Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saeed Anwar, Shahid Afridi, Saleem Malik, and Fakhar.
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35th fifty in ODIs for Babar
In 127 matches, Babar has raced to 6,083 runs at 55.80. This was his 35th fifty in ODIs (100s: 19). This was also his maiden ODI fifty as an opener. Babar has 1,597 runs at home. This was his 9th fifty (100s: 4).
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Babar falls in a crucial phase of the match
With Pakistan off to a poor start, Babar knew had to bat through. An injured Fakhar showed some intent before Agha tried to up the ante. Babar was dismissed in the 34th over. Mitchell Santner picked his wicket.