As the PSL"s top scorer with 2,000 runs, Azam is followed by Peshawar Zalmi"s Kamran Akmal with 1,763 runs Azam on Saturday also became the first player to score 500 runs in a single edition of PSL ISLAMABAD: Pakistan captain Babar Azam became the first player to cross the 2,000-run mark in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) during a Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators faceoff in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. During the same match, Azam also became the first player to score 500 runs in a single edition of PSL, as he scored 23 off 25 against Quetta Gladiators, taking his PSL6 tally to 501. "#King #BabarAzam the 1st batsman in the history of #HBLPSL to score 2000 runs," Karachi Kings celebrated its batsman in a tweet. #King #BabarAzam the 1st batsman in the history of #HBLPSL to score runs... #KarachiKings #YehHaiKarachi #ChampionsKaKarachi #HBLPSL6 #QGvKK @babarazam258 pic.twitter.com/CMiBrrzoqs — Karachi Kings (@KarachiKingsARY) June 19, 2021 The sixth edition of Pakistan’s flagship cricket super league tournament resumed at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on June 9. It was postponed in March after a string of positive coronavirus cases among players and officials. As the PSL"s top scorer, Azam is followed by Peshawar Zalmi"s Kamran Akmal who has scored 1,763 runs. Born in Lahore, the 26-year-old right-hand, top-order batsman was 12 when he already played serious tape-ball cricket. At age 15, he was declared Pakistan"s best Under-15 batsman and made his List A debut. By 16, he was a first-class cricketer for Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) cricket team. By the time he received his first ODI cap, he already had six centuries and more than 2,000 List A runs at an average of 47.88 to his name. In September 2018, Azam passed 2,000 runs in ODI cricket, reaching the milestone in just 45 innings. Only one player has ever gotten there quicker and that is South African great Hashim Amla. Amla took just 40 innings. In the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, Azam made history, scoring 474 runs at 67.61 to break Javed Miandad’s 1992 record for the most runs by a Pakistan batsman in a Cricket World Cup campaign. In April, he ended Virat Kohli’s long reign at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings, becoming only the fourth batsman from his country to attain number one position in the rankings.