Babar will have to do this work to break Kohli’s great record, can make a record in T20 series
Babar Azam T20I Career: A series of three T20 matches is being played between Pakistan and South Africa. Africa won the first match of the series by 11 runs and took a 1-0 lead. Now the second match between the two teams will be played on 13 December. In the first match, Pakistani team’s superstar batsman Babar Azam proved to be a bad flop and he was out in four balls without opening the account. Both Babar and Virat Kohli are the best batsmen in the cricket world. These two are often compared among the fans. The figures of both are shared on social media. Now Babar has a chance to overtake Kohli.
Babar has a chance to overtake Kohli
Virat Kohli has been a member of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup 2024. After this he took retirement from T20 International cricket. Whereas Babar Azam is still playing in T20I cricket. Both the batsmen have scored fifty plus scores a total of 39-39 times in T20 International cricket so far. If Babar scores a half-century in the second T20 match against Africa, he will make the highest fifty plus score in T20I.
Batsmen with the highest fifty plus scores in T20I cricket:
- Virat Kohli- 39 times
- Babar Azam- 39 times
- Rohit Sharma- 37 times
- Mohammad Rizwan- 31 times
- David Warner-29 times
Rohit Sharma can also be left behind
Rohit Sharma is the highest run-scorer batsman in T20 International cricket. There are 4231 runs registered in his name. Babar Azam is present at number two. He has scored 4192 runs in T20 International cricket. Now if he scores 40 more runs in the second T20 match, he will become the highest run-scorer in T20I cricket.
Made debut in T20I in 2016
Babar Azam made his debut in T20 International cricket in the year 2016. After this, his batting kept improving year after year. He has scored a total of 4192 runs in 127 T20I matches so far, which includes three centuries and 36 half-centuries.