Bulawayo: Pakistan completed a series whitewash over Zimbabwe with a 131-run win on Sunday in the fifth and final match at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. 

On another record-setting day for the visitors, Fakhar Zaman became the fastest player in history to reach 1,000 career runs in ODIs as Pakistan amassed 364 for four. Zaman broke the previous record of 21 innings by reaching the mark in his 17th innings in the course of a fluent half-century. 

His opening partner Imam-ul-Haq was also in the runs once again, the pair adding their fourth century stand of the series. They took the score to 168 in the 25th over before Zaman was caught behind for 85. 

While he missed out on what would have been his third hundred of the series, Zaman did also claim the records for most runs in a five-match bilateral series with 515 and most runs scored between dismissals in ODIs, having scored 455 runs since he was last dismissed in the first match of the series. 

On a morning for batsmen, Imam- went on to reach his third century of the series, and though Shoaib Malik and Asif Ali fell cheaply, the carnage continued with Babar Azam then racing to a century of his own from 72 deliveries.

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Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman became the quickest to reach 1000 runs in ODIs, on Sunday. The left-handed batsman took 18 innings to reach the milestone. Here’s a related list: 

QUICKEST TO 1000 RUNS IN ODIS

18 innings — F. Zaman (Pak)    
21 innings — V. Richards (WI) 
21 innings — K. Pietersen (Eng) 
21 innings — J. Trott (Eng)   
21 innings — Q. De Kock (SA) 
21 innings — B. Azam (Pak)   
Mohandas Menon