Lahore: (RightNow) Pakistani cricketer Babar Azam has broken the world record held by South African legend Hashim Amla. He scored the highest 6671 runs in 141 ODI innings.

Babar Azam played a 45-run innings against Sri Lanka in the first match of the tri-series. Before breaking this record, Hashim Amla had scored 6626 runs in 141 innings.

The PCB has praised Babar Azam’s performance. Babar Azam has also completed 16 thousand runs in international cricket, becoming the fifth Pakistani batsman to achieve this milestone.

Babar Azam achieved this feat in 399 innings. Before him, Mohammad Yousuf, Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq, and Younis Khan had crossed this milestone.

It is noteworthy that Babar Azam belongs to the Akmal brothers’ family, associated with cricket, and he was part of the Under-15 cricket team in 2008.