New Delhi. Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam captained Afghanistan in the league match of T20 World Cup 2021. He also set many records during his innings. He completed his 1000 runs as captain in T20 International cricket and also broke the record of Indian captain Virat Kohli. In this match, Babar Azam played an innings of 51 runs in 47 balls with the help of 4 fours. On the strength of his innings, Pakistan won by 5 wickets.
Babar Azam broke Virat Kohli’s record
Babar Azam completed his 1000 runs as captain in T20I during his half century innings against Bangladesh and he did this feat in just 26 innings. At the same time, he also broke Virat Kohli’s record. Kohli had completed 1000 runs in his 30 innings as captain in T20 International cricket. Babar Azam has now surpassed him to come first.
Babar equaled this record of Virat
Babar Azam played over 50 runs for the 13th time as captain in T20 International cricket match and equaled Virat Kohli. Virat has done the same number of times in T20I.
Top batsman who has played 50 plus innings most times as captain in T20I-
13 – Babar Azam
13 – Virat Kohli
11 – Aaron Finch
11 – Ken Williamson
9 – Eoin Morgan
8 – Faf Duplessis
Babar did a great job in T20 International cricket for Pakistan
As captain for Pakistan, Babar Azam has become the first batsman to complete 1000 runs in T20 International cricket. On the other hand, as the captain of this team, he is also the player who has scored the most runs. Mo. Hafeez is second with 753 runs while Shahid Afridi is third with 597 runs.
The highest run scorer for Pakistan as captain in T20I-
1000 runs – Babar Azam
753 runs – Mo. Hafeez
597 runs – Shahid Afridi
Babar played 50 plus innings for the 23rd time in T20 International
This was the 23rd time in T20I that Babar Azam played an innings of 50 runs or more in a match. In this case, Virat Kohli is at number one while Rohit Sharma is at number two.
Top 5 batsmen to play 50 plus innings most times in T20I-
29 – Virat Kohli
26 – Rohit Sharma
23 – Babar Azam
20 – David Warner
20 – Paul Starling
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