Pakistan's opening batter Fakhar Zaman yet again proved himself a solid opener as he scored his ninth ODI century during the first ODI of the five-match series against New Zealand in Rawalpindi on Thursday.
Following his century, fans were excited as the opening batter's stands with Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq set the stage for the Green Shirts' momentum while chasing 289.
Fakhar scored 117 runs off 114 balls laced with 13 boundaries and a maximum to help Pakistan make the chase look easy.
Babar Azam — the top ODI batter in the world — also achieved another international feat during the fixture as he completed his 12,000 runs in international cricket.
He took 277 innings to achieve this feat as the fastest Pakistani and second-fastest Asian batter. In the world, he is the sixth-fastest to get to this achievement.
Sir Vivian Richards was the fastest batter to score 12,000 runs in international cricket. He achieved this milestone 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.