Azhar fastest Asian to 1000
Going past, a bunch of great players, Azhar Ali became the fastest Asian to get to 1000 ODI runs, en route to his 49 against Sri Lanka in the 3rd ODI.
Zaheer Abbas was the first Asian to reach to that landmark in 26 innings which was soon bettered by Navjot Singh Sidhu who got that landmark, taking an innings less (25) to be more precise.
Since the time Sidhu got to his 1000 runs, there are four other Asians who had achieved the feat and also went on to surpass it.
Yasir Hameed got it in the year 2004 followed by Virat Kohli who reached the feat in 2010 and Shikhar Dhawan in 2013.
All of them got it in 24 innings and Azhar Ali have gone past all of them by achieving the landmark in 23 innings.
Ten Doeschate is the quickest amongst the batsmen from associate teams.
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