Asia Cup 2025: UAE Captain Mohammad Wasim Smashes World Record, Becomes Fastest to 3000 T20 Runs

Oman is facing the host UAE in the 7th match of the Asia Cup 2025. UAE batted first and scored 172 runs in 20 overs. During this, team captain Mohammad Wasim played an innings of 69 runs while opener Sharfu scored 51 runs. Both batsmen shared an 88-run partnership for the first wicket, due to which the UAE was able to reach a big score. During this, Wasim broke the world record of legends like Rohit Sharma, Jos Buttler, and David Warner.

Mohammad Wasim has become the first batsman to reach the fastest 3 thousand runs mark in T20 cricket. Earlier this year, the record was in the name of former England captain Jos Buttler. This list also includes Aaron Finch, David Warner, and Rohit Sharma. Wasim made a world record as soon as he reached 59 runs against Oman. Wasim faced 1947 balls to reach the 3000 run mark, while Jos Buttler played 2068 balls. Captain Aaron Finch, who led Australia to win the 2021 T20 World Cup, reached the 3000-run mark after facing 2077 balls.

This list also includes David Warner and Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma reached the 3 thousand T20 runs mark by playing 2149 balls, while Warner faced 2113 balls to reach here. Wasim has played 84 T20 matches and has scored 24 half-centuries with 3 centuries so far. He faced 54 balls against Oman today. In his innings, he hit 6 fours and 3 sixes.

In the 7th match of the Asia Cup 2025 being played in Abu Dhabi, Oman won the toss and decided to bowl first. UAE took the team to a score of 172 thanks to the half-centuries of both the openers. After both were out, no other batsman could do anything special. For Oman, Jiten Ramanandi took 2 wickets while Shakeel Ahmed bowled the most economically and gave runs at an average of 5.30, but did not get any success.