United Arab Emirates (UAE) cricket team's captain Muhammad Waseem created history in Match No. 7 of Asia Cup 2025 against Oman on Monday, September 15. The 29-year-old opener hammered a crucial 69 from 54 balls, with six fours and three sixes. Not only did his innings provide UAE with a solid start but also helped him claim a world record in the history of T20I cricket. Waseem became the quickest, in terms of balls faced, to score 3000 T20 international runs. He reached the landmark in just 1947 deliveries, breaking England's Jos Buttler's record, who took 2068 balls to achieve this feat. Fastest to Reach 3000 T20I Runs by Balls Faced Following is the list of players who faced the fewest balls to achieve 3000 runs: Player Country Balls Muhammad Waseem UAE 1947 Jos Buttler England 2068 Aaron Finch Australia 2077 David Warner Australia 2113 Rohit Sharma India 2149 Talking about his record, Waseem also became the fourth fastest by innings to achieve the milestone. He accomplished the feat in 84 innings, after Mohammad Rizwan (79), Virat Kohli (81), and Babar Azam (81). Also Read | WATCH: India Wins, But No Handshake with Pakistan – A Message for Pahalgam Waseem's Records as Captain UAE captain contributed another feather to his cap by reaching 2000 T20I runs as captain. He is now just behind Babar Azam, who has 2642 runs as captain for Pakistan. Waseem's batting consistency has made him the mainstay of UAE cricket, and this record attests to his increasing status. A Historic Moment for Associate Cricket Waseem is just the second Associate nation player to have reached the 3000-run mark in T20Is, after Malaysia's Virandeep Singh. His feat marks the emergence of Associate teams on the world cricket scene and demonstrates that records are not just made to be broken in the major cricketing countries. Though UAE seldom get to play the full-member countries, Waseem's world record indicates his talent and versatility in the shortest form of the game. His half-century against Oman has given a new life to UAE's campaign, as they claimed their first victory in this tournament, keeping their Super Four hopes alive.