This Friday’s opening T20I in Dublin saw Ireland defeat Pakistan for the first time in seventeen years. However, the visiting team’s captain, Babar Azam, did have some solace as he broke multiple records in the match including equalling Virat Kohli for a unique record.
Babar Azam at par with Virat Kohli
Babar Azam top-scored with a 43-ball 57 to take his team to 182/6, but Ireland managed to reach the mark with one ball remaining. With the 50, Babar tied the record of most fifty-plus scores in men’s Twenty20 Internationals held by India batting great Virat Kohli with this knock.
Both Virat and Babar currently hold 38 fifty-plus T20I scores. Babar has three centuries and thirty-five half-centuries to his credit, compared to Virat’s one hundred and thirty-seven fifties.
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Babar and Virat going head-to-head
In T20Is, Virat and Babar both have the highest score of 122, despite the fact that the former Indian captain’s effort was unbeaten.
Babar has scored 3880 T20I runs, but he has not yet surpassed the 4000-run threshold, while Virat leads the most runs chart with 4037.
Another record under Babar’s belt
Babar also surpassed Aaron Finch of Australia to become most capped captain in T20Is on Friday, leading Pakistan in the 77th T20I match.
