Babar Azam has scored 50 runs during the Pak vs Aus 3rd T20 match, currently taking place in Lahore.
Pakistan chose to bat first and lost six wickets against Australia.
Saim Ayub also made 56 runs off 37 balls.
This is the final third T20 of the series, with Pakistan having won the previous two matches.
Pak vs Aus 3rd T20 match: Who is playing today?
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (c), Babar Azam, Khawaja Nafay (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Abrar Ahmed, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi.
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (c), Matthew Short, Cameron Green, Matt Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Philippe (wk), Mitchell Owen, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Matthew Kuhnemann and Adam Zampa.
Earlier, Babar Azam was included in Pakistan’s T20 World Cup Squad. Shadab Khan and fast bowler Naseem Shah have also returned.
About Babar, Head coach Mike Hesson said, “If we are chasing a lower score, he certainly has that ability to control a chase. … The conditions in Australia are significantly different than what we are going to face in Sri Lanka, so we factored all those things in.”
India will host the majority of the T20 World Cup matches, but Pakistan will play in Sri Lanka. Pakistan will play their opening Group A match against the Netherlands on February 7.
