World Cup 2019: Babar Azam becomes Pakistan's leading run-scorer in single WC edition

During his breezy knock of 96 against Afghanistan, Babar Azam became the leading run scorer for Pakistan in a single edition of the World Cup.

Pakistan's batting lynchpin Babar Azam who is having a wonderful tournament with the bat for Pakistan scripted history during his team's World Cup clash against Bangladesh. During his breezy knock of 96 against Bangladesh, Babar Azam became the leading run scorer for Pakistan in a single edition of the World Cup. Azam achieved the record when he was batting at 60 during his 96-run knock. Azam eclipsed Pakistan great Javed Miandad's record of 437 runs which he had scored in the 1992 edition of the World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand. Miandad's heroics with the bat helped Pakistan lift their maiden World Cup title.

Babar Azam has now scored more runs at #CWC19 than any other Pakistani at a single World Cup 🔝

He's overtaken Javed Miandad, who scored 437 runs at the 1992 World Cup 😱 Can he get to 500?#WeHaveWeWill | #PAKvBAN pic.twitter.com/Ecs0sG40O0 — Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) July 5, 2019

Earlier in the tournament, Babar became the fastest Asian cricketer to reach the 3,000 runs in ODIs. He was even quicker than Virat Kohli to reach the milestone. Pakistan has been a key contributor with the bat during the ongoing ICC World Cup amassing 474 runs in 8 World Cup games with one ton and three half-centuries. Here is the list of the leading run scorers 438* Babar Azam, 2019 437 Javed Miandad, 1992 368 Saeed Anwar, 1999 350 Misbah-ul-Haq, 2015 349 Rameez Raza, 1987 & 1992