PAK vs ENG, 6th T20I: Babar Azam equals Virat Kohli’s world record in T20Is
PAK vs ENG, 6th T20I: Pakistan captain Babar Azam played an unbeaten innings of 87 runs against England in the 27th T20I half-century on Friday night. On the strength of this innings, he touched 3000 runs in the shortest format of cricket and equaled the world record of Indian run machine Virat Kohli.
Babar Azam’s name has reached 3035 runs in T20I cricket after this innings. He has become the joint fastest batsman along with Virat Kohli to touch 3000 runs in this format.
Babar Azam equaled Kohli in this matter :-
King Kohli had touched 3000 runs in 81 innings in T20I cricket, while Babar Azam also took the same number of innings to reach this point. Taking a look at Babar’s T20I career, he has scored these runs in 86 matches at an average of 43.99 and a strike rate of 130.09.
During this, his name also includes 2 centuries. He has reached the fourth position after Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Martin Guptill in the list of highest run-scorers in this format.
List of fastest batsmen to complete 3000 runs in T20I cricket :-
- Virat Kohli – 81
- Babar Azam – 81
- Martin Guptill – 101
- Rohit Sharma – 108
- Paul Stirling- 113
The record for the highest run scorer in T20I cricket is currently held by Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Rohit has scored 3694 runs in 140 matches with a strike rate of 141.04. During this, he has scored 28 fifties and 4 centuries.
At the same time, Virat Kohli, who sits at number two, has 3663 runs in 108 matches. Kohli averages 50.17 in T20I cricket. He is also the batsman to score the most number of half-centuries in this format.
List of batsmen with highest run scorers in T20I cricket :-
- Rohit Sharma- 3694
- Virat Kohli- 3663
- Martin Guptill- 3497
- Babar Azam- 3035
- Paul Stirling- 3011
Babar Azam ‘s unbeaten 87 could not get Pakistan to win :-
The 6th match of the 7 match T20 series between Pakistan and England played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. In this match, the English team has leveled the series 3-3 by defeating the hosts by 8 wickets.
On the back of an unbeaten half-century from captain Babar Azam (87 runs off 59 balls with the help of 7 fours and three sixes), Pakistan had set a target of 170 runs for victory in front of England, this score was scored by the visiting team Philip Salt. Was achieved in just 14.3 overs on the basis of his stormy innings.
England won the match with 33 balls to spare. The last and deciding match of the series is to played at this ground on October 2.
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