LAHORE (Kashmir English): Pakistan’s former cricket team captain Babar Azam overtook India’s Virat Kohli’s mark in the third and final T20I against South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium here on Saturday.
Pakistani star’s match-winning 68 off 47 balls, with nine fours, lifted him to 40 fifty-plus scores in T20 internationals, surpassing Kohli’s 39.
Rohit Sharma of India is third with 37, while Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan is fourth on 31.
In the final match, Pakistan chased down a modest 140-run target to record a six-wicket win with six balls remaining, thanks to Babar’s steady half-century.
Babar-Sahibzada Farhan 36-run partnership
The Green Shirts had an early setback when opener Saim Ayub departed for a six-ball duck, but Babar and Sahibzada Farhan played a 36-run partnership. Farhan contributed 19 off 18 balls before falling in the seventh over.
Both sides will now head to Faisalabad for a three-match ODI series scheduled to be played from November 4 to 8.
Most fifty-plus scores in T20I career
Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 40
Virat Kohli (India) – 39
Rohit Sharma (India) – 37
Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) – 31
David Warner (Australia) – 29
Jos Buttler (England) – 29
