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Pakistan national cricket team vs South Africa national cricket team match scorecard: Pakistan's senior batter has entered his name in the history books during their first Test match against South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday. Babar returned to the action for Pakistan after a while.

Babar has now become the first cricketer from Asia to score 3000 runs in the World Test Championship (WTC). The right-handed batter, who was not picked for the Asia Cup 2025 last month, needed two runs in the ongoing Test to join the 3000-run club, and he achieved the objective by hitting a four on the fourth ball of the 49th over bowled by Senuran Muthusamy.

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Before Babar, Australia's Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head and Usman Khawaja, and England's Joe Root, Ben Stokes, and Zak Crawley have managed to score 3000 runs in the WTC.

Most runs in World Test Championship history

Joe Root (ENG): 6080 runs in 69 matches

Steve Smith (AUS): 4278 runs in 55 matches

Marnus Labuschagne (AUS): 4225 runs in 53 matches

Ben Stokes (ENG): 3616 runs in 57 matches

Travis Head (AUS): 3300 runs in 52 matches

Usman Khawaja (AUS): 3288 runs in 43 matches

Zak Crawley (ENG): 3041 runs in 52 matches

Babar Azam (PAK): 3003 runs in 37 matches

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When it comes to the Asian batters with the most runs in the WTC, Babar is followed by India’s Test captain Shubman Gill in the list, who has scored 2826 runs in 39 matches. Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma are third and fourth in the list with 2731 and 2716 runs, respectively.

Most runs in WTC (Asian Batters)

Babar Azam (PAK): 3003 runs in 37 matches

Shubman Gill (IND): 2826 runs in 39 matches

Rishabh Pant (IND): 2731 runs in 38 matches

Rohit Sharma (IND): 2716 runs in 40 matches

Dimuth Karunaratne (SL): 2642 runs in 35 matches

Apart from Babar, Mohammad Rizwan is the only Pakistani batter to score more than 2000 runs in the WTC. The wicketkeeper-batter has amassed a total of 2194 runs in 37 matches.

Babar came out at the no.4 position on day 1 of the match after Pakistan opted to bat first. At the end of the second session, the hosts reached 199/4 in their first innings in 57 overs with Babar remaining unbeaten on 23 runs, which he scored on the back of four boundaries.


Pakistan vs South Africa Playing XIs, 1st Test

Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Agha, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan

South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Senuran Muthusamy, Prenelan Subrayen, Kagiso Rabada, Simon Harmer