5 days Ago By Ansh Sharma
Pakistan star batter Babar Azam played a decent knock of 41 runs in the 3rd T20I against Australia in Hobart. The 30-year-old was the top-scorer for the Men in Green in an innings which saw them get bundled out for only 117 runs. With this knock, Babar surpassed Virat Kohli to become the second-highest run-scorer in the shortest format of the game with 4192 runs.
With Kohli having already announced his retirement from T20Is, the closest active player to Babar in terms of T20I runs is Ireland’s Paul Stirling who currently stands on 3655 runs. Babar is also quite close to surpassing Rohit Sharma’s tally of 4231 runs in the format. The Pakistan batter needs just 39 runs more to become the highest-scorer in T20I history.
Babar has so far played 119 innings in the format, averaging 40.30 with a decent strike rate of 129.22.
He has scored a total of 36 fifties and 3 centuries in T20Is. He may have suffered a slump in form in recent times, however his contributions to Pakistan cricket cannot be ignored. Further down in the list, Babar’s teammate and current Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan also makes an entry.
The wicketkeeper-batter currents stands on 7th position with 3329 runs..
