Babar’s new milestone in T20

Babar Azam was not in the right rhythm in the last Asia Cup. The Pakistan captain’s bat did not smile at all. In Pakistan cricket, there was a storm of criticism about his batting. However, this batter did not take much time to get back into the rhythm. In the England series at home, Babar shined again.

Babar is currently the number three T20 batsman in the ICC ranking. He also scored a half-century in the sixth match of the 7-match T20 series. Smashed 87 runs off 59 balls. Babar reached a unique milestone on the way to play this innings against the English.

He became the first Pakistani batsman to score 3000 runs in T20 Internationals. Before this, however, Mohammad Hafiz, the former captain of the country, had to stop even close to this achievement. Who scored 2514 runs from 119 matches.

Babar has played 86 matches in Pakistan’s shortest version so far. He scored 3035 runs from that. The batting average is also eye-catching. It’s around 44. Batting at a strike rate of 130.09, Babar scored 2 centuries in T20. In addition, his bat has seen a total of 27 half-centuries.

Meanwhile, Babar is now the fifth batsman in the world to score 3000 T20 runs. He also holds the record (jointly with Virat Kohli) for the fastest (81 innings) to reach this milestone. Earlier this milestone was reached by Rohit Sharma (3694), Virat Kohli (3663), Martin Guptill (3497), and Paul Sterling (3011).

After the England series, Pakistan will play a tri-nation series in New Zealand. After the failure in the Asia Cup, former stars like Shoaib Akhtar suggested that Babar should leave the opening position and bat at one down. However, Babar responded to the criticism by returning to the run against England. Let’s see if Babar can maintain this form in the tri-nation series and World Cup.