– Vinay Kumar
In the sixth match of the Triangular T20I Series, 2022 between New Zealand, Pakistan and Bangladesh, there was a match between Pakistan and Bangladesh (PAK vs BAN T20I, 2022). In this match, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan performed tremendously in the victory of Pakistan’s opening batsman. In today’s match, the pair of these two stalwarts made a century partnership of 101 runs for the first wicket. Both the batsmen hit half-centuries. With this latest win, Pakistan’s team has entered the final of this triangular T20I series. Now he will face New Zealand in the title match. It is worth noting that in international T20 cricket, the pair of these two have played a century partnership for the eighth time.
The history of international T20I cricket tells that today the fifty that came out of Babar Azam’s bat was the 29th half century of his T20I cricket career. And this was the 21st half-century from Mohammad Rizwan’s bat. The special thing was that today Pakistan captain Babar Azam completed 11,000 runs in his international cricket career. He became the fourth batsman in the world to touch this figure the fastest. But, he has touched this figure in the fewest innings as compared to the other three batsmen.
Statistics show that Babar Azam completed 11,000 runs in the batting of the 251st innings of his international career. Former India captain and currently Team India’s strong batsman Virat Kohli crossed this figure in the 261st innings. He has overtaken Virat Kohli in terms of scoring 11,000 runs at the fastest pace. Sunil Gavaskar, the former captain of India and known as the Bhishma Pitamah of cricket, scored 11,000 runs in 262 innings and Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan captain, in 266 innings. However, at that time there was no T20I cricket format and such number of matches were not played.
The fastest Asian batsman to score 11,000 runs in international cricket
1. Babar Azam – 251 innings
2. Virat Kohli – 261 innings
3. Sunil Gavaskar – 262 innings
4.Javed Miandad – 266 innings