Most Runs As The Captain Of Pakistan In All Formats (Odi+Tests+T20is)

Most Runs As The Captain Of Pakistan In All Formats (Odi+Tests+T20is):

Some of the great batters including the likes of Javed Miandad, Imran Khan, Muhammad Yousaf, Inzamam Ul Haq, Zaheer Abbas, Babar Azam, and others have captained Pakistan in international cricket.

For players to feature in this list, an important aspect is longevity as many players haven’t captained Pakistan for so long and that’s why they will not feature in this list.

Many would also argue that captaincy comes with the responsibility of leading the team from the front and here we talk about the Pakistani captains who performed brilliantly as batsmen for Pakistan.

Here is the list of the top 5 batters in international cricket for Pakistan who have scored the most runs for Pakistan in all formats of the game as captain of the Pakistan team.

MISBAH UL HAQ:

The right-handed former Pakistani captain, Misbah Ul Haq has scored the most runs in international cricket as captain. He has scored 7392 runs in 189 innings at an average of 48.3, with 8 centuries and 62 fifties.

BABAR AZAM:

Pakistan’s best all-format batsman, Babar Azam was appointed as the captain of the Pakistan team in 2019 and since that, he has created many records.

Babar Azam as Captain was also ranked as the top-ranked ODI batsman for around three years in the ICC Rankings. He has also scored the most centuries for Pakistan as captain and along with that also holds the record of more than 6000 runs for Pakistan in all three formats.

IMRAN KHAN:

One of the greatest all-rounders in the game of cricket, Imran Khan is also on this list as he scored more than 5500 runs for Pakistan as the captain in ODIs and TEST cricket.

A complete cricketer who had all his basics covered whether it was his bowling, batting, or captaincy. He was also the captain of the Pakistan World Cup-winning side in the famous 1992 World Cup win.

INZAMAM UL HAQ:

Inzamam Ul Haq is fourth in this prestigious list of the players with the most runs for Pakistan as the captain of the Pakistan team. Inzamam has scored more than 5,000 runs for Pakistan in international cricket during his playing days.

He is also the Pakistani batsman with the most runs in international cricket across all formats. No batsman has scored more runs in international cricket for Pakistan than Inzamam Ul Haq.

JAVED MIANDAD:

Another big name in Pakistan cricket, Javed Miandad is fifth on this list as he scored more than 4200 runs for Pakistan as the captain of Pakistan across ODIS and TESTS in his career.

Javed Miandad has also scored tons of runs for the Pakistan team in international cricket but out of all those runs around 4,000 runs came as the Pakistani captain.

TOP 5 PLAYERS WITH THE MOST RUNS AS PAKISTANI CAPTAIN:

The list of the top five batters who scored the most number of runs for Pakistan as the captain of the Pakistan team are as follows;

PLAYER NAME	INNINGS	RUNS	AVERAGE	CENTURIES
MISBAH UL HAQ	189	7392	48.3	8
BABAR AZAM	142	6292	48.0	15
IMRAN KHAN	186	5655	40.6	6
INZAMAM UL HAQ	131	5179	47.5	9
JAVED MIANDAD	110	4240	45.1	5