Pakistan’s star batter and former captain, Babar Azam has smashed the record of Indian batter, Virat Kohli.
During the match between Pakistan and South Africa, he made 51 runs.
He completed his 40th half-century in T20 internationals. Earlier, he had equalled Kohli’s record with his 39th fifty.
It is pertinent to mention that Babar Azam was dropped from the T20 squad for the South Africa series in December last year.
Earlier, he overtook India’s Rohit Sharma to become the highest run-scorer in men’s T20 Internationals.
He was not part of Asia Cup 2025.
PAK vs SA: Final T20
Pakistan won the entire T20 series against South Africa in Lahore on Saturday.
Shaheens won the last match of the series by four wickets.
Player of the match – Babar Azam (Pakistan)
Player of the series – Faheem Ashraf (Pakistan)
PAK vs SA: Players
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Salman Ali Agha (c), Usman Khan (wk), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Salman Mirza and Usman Tariq.
South Africa: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dewald Brevis, Matthew Breetzke, Donovan Ferreira(c), George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Andile Simelane, Lizaad Williams and Ottneil Baartman.
Now, the first One-Day International (ODI) will take place in Faisalabad.
