Massive Record Awaits Babar Azam | Pakistan vs Bangladesh 2021
Massive Record Awaits Babar Azam | Pakistan vs Bangladesh 2021:
After playing just 68 T20I matches, Babar Azam has achieved so much that he is already became the greatest Pakistani T20I batsman of all time. With 24 half centuries in the format for Pakistan, Babar Azam has scored most half centuries for Pakistan in the shortest format of the game. He has a century in the T20I format as well which makes him the only Pakistani captain with a T20I century. Babar Azam has a habit of creating new records. Well, there is one more and probably the last record that Babar Azam needs to own to officially become the greatest T20I batsman of Pakistan.
During the ongoing series between Bangladesh and Pakistan, Babar Azam, after the first T20I had 2514 runs in his T20I career. He levelled the record of Mohammad Hafeez for scoring most T20I runs for Pakistan. Now in the upcoming 2 T20Is in the series, Babar Azam needs just one more run to overtake Hafeez and officially become Pakistan’s highest run getter in the format. Hafeez played 119 matches to score that much runs, while Babar Azam has just played 68 games. Babar hasn’t created records just amongst the Pakistanis, he’s already a legend in the T20I format.
With 24 half centuries in the format, he holds the record for 3rd most number of half centuries in the format. Babar Azam has been on top of the rankings in this format, he’s soon to become Pakistan’s all time highest run getter in the format, he has 24 fifties and a century. All these accolades prove that Babar Azam has had a phenomenal career so far and that too, just at the age of 27.
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