Pakistan nationwide cricket group’s famous person batsman Babar Azam has equaled the legendary T20I document of Indian nationwide cricket group batsman Virat Kohli.
Babar Azam achieved the sensational milestone throughout the fourth match of the Tri-Nations collection in opposition to the Zimbabwe nationwide cricket group on the Rawalpindi Stadium on Sunday, November 23.
Babar Azam scores 50 factors in opposition to Zimbabwe
After the dismal Asia Cup 2025, Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson has determined to make some adjustments to the T20I set-up and recalled gifted batsman Babar Azam to the squad.
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Babar resumed his T20I profession properly and shortly surpassed Rohit Sharma to grow to be the highest run-getter within the historical past of T20I cricket.
Nonetheless, he began for geese within the Tri-Nations collection in opposition to Zimbabwe and scored 16 runs in opposition to the Sri Lankan nationwide cricket group.
Lastly, within the second recreation in opposition to the Chevrons, Babar confirmed some kind, scoring within the 50s. He completed the innings with a rating of 74 off 52 balls, and the innings was studded with seven fours and two sixes.
With this efficiency, Babar Azam reached 38 half-centuries in T20I cricket, which is tied with Virat Kohli for essentially the most on this format.
Many of the T20I 50s:
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 134 | 4374 | 39.76 | 128.38 | 3 | 38 | 41 |
| V Kohli (IND) | 125 | 4188 | 48.69 | 137.04 | 1 | 38 | 39 |
| RG Sharma (IND) | 159 | 4231 | 32.05 | 140.89 | 5 | 32 | 37 |
| Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 106 | 3414 | 47.41 | 125.37 | 1 | 30 | 31 |
| DA Warner (Australia) | 110 | 3277 | 33.43 | 142.47 | 1 | 28 | 29 |
| JC Butler (English) | 144 | 3869 | 35.49 | 148.97 | 1 | 28 | 29 |
We’re enjoying good cricket – Salman Agha
Earlier, after successful the toss, Pakistan captain Salman Agha stated they have been enjoying good cricket and needed to proceed doing so. he stated:
“We’ll bat first. I believe it is nonetheless an excellent wicket to bat on, so we wish to change issues up and attempt to bat first, which we have been chasing all alongside. We’re enjoying some good cricket. It was a shutout recreation (in opposition to SL). We wish to do it daily. Whether or not it is our birthday or not, we simply wish to get an excellent end result.”
In the meantime, Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza stated they purpose to upset all groups within the ongoing collection. he stated:
“We went into this collection to upset each group. We performed properly in opposition to Pakistan, and the end result went our means within the subsequent match. We had a fairly unhealthy toss document in batting first, so we needed to bowl first (lol). We needed everybody to strive it, so we made one change. Wellington Masakadza got here on instead of Graham Cremer.”
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Zimbabwe (enjoying as XI): Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Malumani, Brendan Taylor (w), Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Barr, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Brad Evans, Tinodena Maposa, Richard Ngalava, Wellington Masakadza.
Pakistan (enjoying)
