The second T20 played between the two cricketing nations saw numerous records being broken by the legendary Pakistani opening pair, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. Chasing a massive target of 200, the opening duo played with such ease, that was commendable. Azam and Rizwan chased the target with three balls to spare and didn’t even trouble any other batter to come on the field. As both of them finished the mighty task themselves.
Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam becomes the only third player to score a ton in all three formats of the game. Moreover, with his century against England at Karachi, Azam set a record by scoring all three centuries at the same venue. Moreover, the captain becomes the 6th player to score at least 2 centuries in each of the three formats. Along with this, the 27-year-old scored the 2nd highest runs by a men’s team captain while chasing. The first of which was also in his name, that is 122 runs.
Ahead of this series, the Pakistan captain was much criticized for his form. Especially, his performance in the latest Asia Cup edition raised a lot of eyebrows on him. While in cricket one only needs an innings to shut all the mouths and Babar’s ton on Thursday was one such.
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List of records broken by Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan during the 10-wicket chase
#1 Highest run opening partnership in T20Is, while chasing
Azam-Rizwan duo now have the record of the highest opening partnership while chasing in T20Is. Their 203-run partnership against England broke their previous record of 197-runs.
#2 Highest total runs in opening partnerships in T20Is
Rizwan and Babar hold the highest runs in opening partnerships in T20Is. They have an aggregate of 1929 runs at an average of 56.73.
#3 Highest number of 150+ runs in opening partnership
The duo has scored more than 150 runs 5 times as openers. They are now the only opening pair to have as many 150+ stands in international cricket. Apart from them, Indian opening pair, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma have done this on two occasions.
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