Pakistan all-format captain Babar Azam continues to stamp his supremacy with the bat despite missing out a half-century in the first ODI against New Zealand.

The world number one batter scored 49 against the Blackcaps as Men in Green registered a five-wicket win at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

Doing so, he completed 12,000 runs in the international cricket. He took only 277 innings to complete this milestone. Moreover, he is the fastest Pakistan batter and second-fastest in Asia to achieve this feat.

Overall, he is the sixth-fastest batter to get to this achievement in world cricket.

Sir Vivian Richards was the quickest batter to score 12,000 runs in international cricket. He achieved this feat in 255 innings. Previously, Babar was the fastest Asian to score 10,000 and then also 11,000 runs in international cricket.

Overall, Babar is the eighth Pakistani batter to score 12,000 runs in international cricket. Previously, Inzamam-ul-Haq (20541), Younis Khan (11790), Mohammad Yousaf (17134), Javed Miandad (16213), Saleem Malik (12938), Saeed Anwar (12876) and Mohammad Hafeez (12780) crossed 12,000-run mark.