Historical context: this article concerns Pakistan's ODI against West Indies in Multan in June 2022.

Babar Azam reached a captaincy milestone

Pakistan captain Babar Azam became the fastest player to reach 1,000 runs in men's one-day internationals as captain during the opening ODI against West Indies.

He reached the milestone in his 13th innings as ODI captain, surpassing the previous mark held by India's Virat Kohli, who had reached 1,000 ODI runs as captain in 17 innings.

Century against West Indies

Babar scored 103 from 107 balls as Pakistan successfully chased 306 in Multan. His innings included nine fours.

Pakistan won the match by five wickets, with Khushdil Shah providing an important late contribution to the chase.

Historical significance

The performance added another batting milestone to Babar's record during a period in which he was Pakistan's captain across formats.

This article records the June 2022 achievement and does not treat later captaincy or selection developments as though they were known at the time.