Babar Azam breaks a 27-year-old World Cup record for Pakistan
India TodayPakistan batsman Babar Azam on Friday became the leading run-scorer for Pakistan in a single World Cup edition, breaking Javed Miandad's record of 437 runs from 1992. Babar, who missed out on his second century of World Cup 2019 by just 4 runs, finished with 474 runs in what could be Pakistan's last match at the ongoing tournament. In the intervening period, former opening batsman Saeed Anwar, who had scored 368 runs in the 1999 World Cup, was the only one who came close to breaking his senior's record. Babar Azam has now scored more runs at #CWC19 than any other Pakistani at a single World Cup He's overtaken Javed Miandad, who scored 437 runs at the 1992 World Cup Can he get to 500?#WeHaveWeWill | #PAKvBAN pic.twitter.com/Ecs0sG40O0 Cricket World Cup July 5, 2019 Pakistan needed to win the toss and bat first to keep their outside chance alive and luck favoured Sarfaraz Ahmed at the toss.