Babar Azam breaks the record for most runs scored in the first 100 ODIs.

Babar Azam hit another half-century in the second game of the three-match One-Day International series against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka. Babar Azam scored 53 runs off 66 balls, including six boundaries, to help his team to a one-wicket victory at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium. With this match-winning effort, the right-handed batter surpassed South African batsman Hashim Amla as the greatest run-scorer in the first 100 ODIs. The 28-year-old batsman has now scored 5,089 runs at an average of 58.49 in his first 100 ODIs, including 18 hundreds and 26 half-centuries. In his first 100 ODIs, the South African hitter had scored 4,946 runs at an average of 53.18, including 17 hundreds and 25 fifties, whereas Sir Vivian Richards had scored 4,607 runs.

Last year, Babar Azam surpassed Sir Vivian Richards to become the second-fastest player to reach 4,000 runs in ODI cricket during a historic series against Australia.

Batter	Country	Runs	Average	100s	50s
Babar Azam	Pakistan	5,089	58.49	18	26
Hasim Amla	South Africa	4,946	53.18	17	25
Viv Richards	West Indies	4,607	56.87	8	34
Shai Hope	West Indies	4,436	50.40	14	21
Joe Root	England	4,428	50.89	11	27