ABU DHABI: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Tuesday broke another record of Indian counterpart, Virat Kohli, as he smashed a half-century against Namibia in the T20 World Cup at Abu Dhabi.
The right-handed batter has become the only batter to score 14 half-centuries in the shortest format of cricket, surpassing Kohli’s record of 13. It took Babar Azam only 27 innings to reach the milestone, while Kohli has scored as many in 44 innings.
The skipper smashed 70 runs off 49 balls, including seven fours, during the match against Namibia. Aaron Finch of Australia and Kane Williamson of New Zealand are next in line, having scored 11 half-centuries in 51 and 50 innings, respectively.
Babar the fastest captain to score 1,000 T20I
The Pakistan captain had also become the fastest captain to score 1,000 runs — which was a record earlier held by Kohli. Babar Azam achieved the milestone during the match against Afghanistan last week.
Azam scored his first 1,000 T20I runs in 26 innings as the skipper of the Pakistan cricket team. Virat Kohli, as captain of the Indian cricket team, took 30 innings to score 1,000 T20I runs.
