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Babar Azam destroyed Virat Kohli’s record, now only one batsman is left ahead.

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Babar Azam destroyed Virat Kohli’s record, now only one batsman is left ahead.

Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli in T20I: Former captain of Pakistan cricket team Babar Azam has finally achieved the position for which he was waiting for a long time. Babar Azam has now become the second highest run scorer in T20 International. Till now he was at number three, but now he has reached second position leaving behind Virat Kohli. Only former T20 captain of Indian cricket team Rohit Sharma is ahead of him. However, they are far ahead and if Babar wants to overtake Rohit, he will have to wait some more.

Rohit Sharma reached first number, Babar reached second

The highest run scoring batsman in T20 International at present is India’s Rohit Sharma. He has scored 4231 runs by playing a total of 159 matches. He has 5 centuries and 32 half-centuries to his name in this format. He is the only batsman in the world who has scored more than 42 runs in this format. After this, now Babar Azam has come. So far, he has scored 4192 runs by playing 126 T20 International matches. Soon they will also cross the figure of 4200.

Babar Azam has a chance to reach number one

Babar Azam has so far scored 3 centuries and 36 half-centuries in this format in T20 International. Virat Kohli has now slipped to third place. Virat Kohli has scored 4188 runs by playing 125 T20 International matches. He has only one century to his name in this format, but he has scored 28 half-centuries. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have now retired from T20 International and their runs will not increase. But Babar Azam is playing and will continue to play for some more time to come. In such a situation, he will have a chance to surpass Rohit Sharma and go far ahead, so that no one can destroy his record soon. It remains to be seen how long Babar will reach number one.

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