Babar Azam again snatched this special record of Virat Kohli, became number 1 in the list


Pakistan captain Babar Azam played an innings of 36 runs in the fourth T20 match against England. With this, he has made a big record in his name.

Virat Kohli and Babar Azam. (Photo Source: Getty Images)

Before the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, the Pakistan team has lost the T20 series against England 2-0. In the fourth T20 match, the Pakistan team had to accept defeat by 7 wickets against England. In this match, Pakistan’s bowlers and batsmen flopped badly. The defeat against England before the T20 World Cup will wake up the Pakistani team. But in this match, Babar Azam has broken Virat Kohli’s big record by playing a short innings.

Babar Azam surpassed Virat Kohli

Pakistan captain Babar Azam scored 36 runs off 22 balls in the fourth T20 match against England. Which includes five fours and a six. With this, he has become the highest run-scorer in T20 International cricket against England and has reached number one in the list.

Before Babar, this record was in the name of Indian superstar Virat Kohli. Now Babar has broken this record of Kohli. Babar has scored 660 runs in T20I against England. Whereas Virat has scored 639 runs in T20 against England.

Highest run scorer in T20 cricket against England:

  • Babar Azam- 660 runs
  • Virat Kohli – 639 runs
  • Aaron Finch – 619 runs
  • Mohammad Rizwan- 560 runs
  • Martin Guptill – 471 runs

Pakistan batsmen failed miserably against England

Not a single Pakistani batsman could perform well in the T20 series against England. Due to this the team lost the series. Earlier, Pakistan had also lost a match in the T20 series against Ireland. Babar Azam definitely got a good start many times, but he could not convert the good start into a big innings.

Talking about Babar Azam’s career, he has scored 4023 runs in 119 T20 matches for Pakistan. He has become the second batsman to complete 4000 runs in T20 international cricket. Before him, Virat Kohli has achieved this feat.

England won by 3 wickets over Pakistan –

In the fourth T20 match, England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, while batting first, Pakistan’s team was all out for 157 runs and could not even play the full 20 overs. Usman Khan scored the highest 38 runs for the team. After this, Jos Buttler and Phil Salt gave England a quick start. Salt scored 45 runs, Buttler was out after scoring 39 runs. On the basis of this, England easily achieved the target at the loss of three wickets.

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