Pakistan Vs Australia: babur Azam fights heroically in the second Pakistan-Australia Test at Karachi. Although he missed a double century with four runs, he broke several records. pakistan captain babur Azam missed a double century by four runs in the Karachi Test against australia on Wednesday. babur, who batted for about 10 hours, personally broke several records in order to crack a huge target.
Babur Azam played a super innings and scored 196 runs in the 506-run target set by Australia. Baber holds the record for most runs scored by a captain in a fourth inning. He overtook Michael Atherton (185 not out), Dan Bradman (173 not out), Ricky Ponting (156), virat kohli (141), Graeme Smith (154 not out) and Brian Lara (153 not out).
In the fourth innings as captain, babur played 425 balls against australia and scored 196 runs. With this, Azam broke all the above records and created a new history. With four more runs to go, he became the first captain to score a double century in the fourth innings. Former india captain virat kohli batted in the fourth innings of the Test in adelaide during the 2014 tour of australia and scored 141 runs.
He also holds the record for most balls bowled in an innings (at home) by pakistan in a Test match. The record was previously held by Shoaib Malik (369). In the Karachi Test against the Aussies, babur bowled 425 balls. babur also holds the record for most runs scored by a batsman in a fourth innings for Pakistan. Younis Khan previously scored 171 against sri lanka in 2015 and now babur has also broken that record.
