Babar Azam went past West Indies' legendary cricketer Viv Richards

Babar Azam scored his maiden World Cup century in a must-win game against New Zealand at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Azam remained unbeaten for 101 runs from 127 balls including 11 fours to guide Pakistan to a victory by six wickets. On his way to 10th ODI century, the Pakistan top order batsmen became the second fastest batsman to reach 3,000 ODI runs in terms of innings. The 24-year-old went past West Indies’ legendary cricketer Viv Richards. He took 68 innings to reach the milestone, one less than Richards. Hashim Amla remains on the top having breached the 3,000 ODI runs mark in 57 innings. Azam came to bat in the fourth over as Trent Boult dismissed Fakhar Zaman for 9 runs. Azam formed a 25-run partnership with opener Imam-ul-Haq before the latter was undone by Martin Guptill’s brilliant diving catch in the 11th over.

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