Pakistan will be hopeful that their skipper can increase his run total in the current Test. If he succeeds, he will be able to leapfrog numerous legends on the all-time list and into the top ten.
Records Trumbull in Karachi Test
With the half-century, he now owns the record for the most 50-point scores in a calendar year. This was Babar’s 25th 50+ score, breaking Ricky Ponting’s 2005 record of 24. Despite the team’s mixed record in Test cricket this year, the captain has thrived in the format, scoring over 1000 runs in nine matches. Only three other hitters have reached the four-figure milestone in Tests this calendar year.
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| Rank | Player | Matches | Runs | Year |
| 1 | Babar Azam | 44 | 2477 | 2022 |
| 2 | Mohammad Yousuf | 33 | 2435 | 2006 |
| 3 | Saeed Anwar | 43 | 2296 | 1996 |
| 4 | Mohammad Yousuf | 41 | 2226 | 2002 |
| 5 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 46 | 2164 | 2000 |
| 6 | Babar Azam | 36 | 2082 | 2019 |
| 7 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 42 | 2078 | 2013 |
| 8 | Mohammad Yousuf | 53 | 2000 | 2000 |
| 9 | Younis Khan | 48 | 1947 | 2002 |
| 10 | Mohammad Rizwan | 44 | 1915 | 2021 |
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Pakistan will be hopeful that their skipper can increase his run total in the current Test. If he succeeds, he will be able to leapfrog numerous legends on the all-time list and into the top ten. Babar, like his innings so far in the Boxing Day Test, has often been Pakistan’s lone fighter, with his runs coming when Pakistan’s backs were against the wall.
| Rank | Player | Matches | Runs | Year |
| 1 | Ricky Ponting | 46 | 2833 | 2005 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | 46 | 2818 | 2017 |
| 3 | Kumar Sangakkara | 47 | 2813 | 2014 |
| 4 | Virat Kohli | 37 | 2735 | 2018 |
| 5 | Kane Williamson | 39 | 2692 | 2015 |
| 6 | Ricky Ponting | 45 | 2657 | 2003 |
| 7 | Rahul Dravid | 53 | 2626 | 1999 |
| 8 | Kumar Sangakkara | 50 | 2609 | 2006 |
| 9 | Virat Kohli | 37 | 2595 | 2016 |
| 10 | Sourav Ganguly | 51 | 2580 | 1999 |
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This year, the 28-year-old has shown similar consistency in ODI cricket, amassing 679 runs in nine matches. In eight of those matches, he has scored 50 or more points, while also leading his men to three series triumphs. In the shortest format, he has 735 runs at a good average of 31.95 and a strike rate of 123.32. Pakistan will be hopeful that their skipper can increase his run total in the current Test. If he succeeds, he will be able to leapfrog numerous legends on the all-time list and into the top ten.
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