Pakistan batter Babar Azam achieved a major milestone on Monday as he became the second-highest run-score in T20I cricket leaving behind Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli.
He reached the milestone during the third T20I of the three-match series against Australia in Hobart.
Babar played a 41-run knock from 28 balls, which featured four boundaries to set up Pakistan’s total of 117, which Australia successfully chased in 11.2 overs.
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The star batter has accumulated a total of 4,192 runs in the format, placing him tantalizingly just 39 runs short of the former Indian captain Rohit Sharma.
Sharma currently holds the top position on the all-time list with an outstanding tally of 4,231 runs.
Most runs in men’s T20Is
- Rohit Sharma (India) — 4231
- Babar Azam (Pakistan) — 4192
- Virat Kohli (India) — 4188
- Paul Stirling (Ireland) — 3655
- Martin Guptill (New Zealand) — 3531 runs
Moreover, Mohammad Rizwan, the captain of Pakistan’s white-ball cricket team, is the only other batter from the country among the Top 10 run-scorers in the format. Currently, Rizwan ranks seventh with an impressive total of 3,329 runs to his name.
Pakistan’s next T20I series will be against Zimbabwe, however, Babar and Rizwan are not part of the squad. The Green Shirts will play three T20I matches from 1-5 December under the captaincy of Salman Ali Agha.
Pakistan T20I Squad for Zimbabwe Tour: Salman Ali Agha (c), Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (wk), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan
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