Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam created historical past and achieved a large milestone after surpassing India opener Rohit Sharma in the course of the second T20I towards South Africa on the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Saturday.
Though Babar scored solely 11 not out off 18, his knock turned out to be vital for him as he overtook Rohit to develop into the best run-getter within the males’s Twenty20 internationals. Babar wanted 9 runs to surpass Rohit’s document of 4231 T20I runs. He overtook the Indian batter’s document when he drove spinner Donovan Ferreira for a single to lengthy off.
The 31-year-old Babar has 4234 runs in 130 T20Is, together with 36 half-centuries and three lots of, however his strike-rate of 129 has usually been criticized. Then again, Rohit performed 159 T20s however stop worldwide cricket’s shortest format after main India to the T20 World Cup title final yr.
Other than Babar and Rohit, the likes of Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler and Paul Stirling are additionally among the many high 5 batters to attain most runs in T20I cricket.
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Gamers To Rating Most Runs In Males’s T20Is
Participant Runs Matches
Babar Azam 4324 130
Rohit Sharma 4231 159
Virat Kohli 4188 125
Jos Buttler 3869 144
Paul Stirling 3710 153
Pakistan Stage Three-Match Sequence With Win In Lahore
After happening within the collection opener in Rawalpindi, Pakistan leveled the three-match collection towards South Africa after successful the second T20I by 9 wickets on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Within the second T20I, Pakistan bowled out South Africa for 110 in 19.2 overs after successful the toss and opting to bowl first as quick bowlers Salman Mirza (3-14) and Faheem Ashraf (4-23) shared seven wickets.
Opening batter Saim Ayub then returned to type with a belligerent unbeaten 71 off 38 balls as Pakistan chased the goal down in simply 13.1 overs.
Each groups will now face one another within the third and last T20I on the identical venue on Saturday, November 1.