Pakistan batting stalwart, Babar Azam, racked up his 12th century in the third ODI against Zimbabwe. Babar scored 125 runs in a losing cause as Pakistan lost to Zimbabwe in the Super Over.
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Babar became the second-fastest men’s batsmen in the world to get to 12 ODI centuries, accomplishing the feat in 77 matches and 75 innings. South African wicket-keeper, Quinton De Kock holds the record for the fastest to 12 ODI centuries in 74 innings.
| Player | Matches | Innings |
| Quinton De Kock (RSA) | 74 | 74 |
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 77 | 75 |
| Hashim Amla (RSA) | 84 | 81 |
| Virat Kohli (Ind) | 86 | 83 |
Overall the record is held by Australian women cricketer, Meg Lanning, who achieved the feat in 68 innings.
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Babar scored his first century against West Indies in 2016 and has gone from strength to strength since then. He is the only one ranked in the top 5 batsmen in the world in all three formats and he was also named Pakistan’s limited-overs captain after Sarfaraz Ahmed’s axing.
Babar has scored centuries against six nations. He has 4 tons against West Indies, 3 against Sri Lanka, 2 against Zimbabwe and one each against Australia, England and New Zealand. He will be looking to add to his tally of centuries on the tours of New Zealand and South Africa.
