PAK vs ENG LIVE: World number 1 batter Mohammad Rizwan became the joint-fastest man to reach 2000 runs in T20Is on Tuesday, September 20. The right-handed opening batter equalled the record of his compatriot and captain Babar Azam (52 innings). He achieved this feat in Pakistan’s first T20 of the seven-match series against England at the National Stadium in Karachi. Follow InsideSport.IN for LIVE updates about Pakistan vs England T20 LIVE
PAK vs ENG LIVE: World No. 1 Mohammad Rizwan BEATS Virat Kohli, KL Rahul for HUGE Record, goes joint top with Babar Azam in elite list – Check out
Rizwan reached this feat in his 52nd inning as he joined Babar Azam on top. Back in April 2021, Men in Green skipper Babar Azam also scored his 2000th run in his 52nd inning during Pakistan’s tour of Zimbabwe.
Additionally, Rizwan outperformed Virat Kohli, who amassed 2000 runs in 56 innings. Pakistani batter also bettered the numbers of India’s vice-captain KL Rahul who also scored his 2000th run on Tuesday. KL reached this feat in his 58th inning in Mohali vs Australia during the first T20 of the three-match series.
Fastest to 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ T20I runs:
🇵🇰 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝟓𝟐 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
🇵🇰 Babar Azam 52 innings
🇮🇳 Virat Kohli 56 innings
🇮🇳 KL Rahul 58 innings
🇦🇺 Aaron Finch 62 innings#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/fK2r4WcRhL— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 20, 2022
Apart from this, Mohammad Rizwan joined Babar, Mohammad Hafeez, and Shoaib Malik as the fourth Pakistani batsman to surpass 2000 runs in T20 Internationals.
Rizwan came into the series against England after scoring the most number of runs in the recently-concluded Asia Cup 2022 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Despite so many runs against his name, he has continuously been criticised by experts for the slow strike-rate and lack of intention.
But his 68-run knock off 46 balls vs England at a strike rate of 147.82 will help him in silencing some of those critics ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, next month.
At National Stadium on Tuesday, he scored a half-century off 32 balls. After that, it didn’t take him long to surpass the 2000-run threshold.
PAK vs ENG LIVE: World No. 1 Mohammad Rizwan BEATS Virat Kohli, KL Rahul for HUGE Record, goes joint top with Babar Azam in elite list – Check out
