Pakistan skipper Babar Azam shone with the bat in the second T20I against New Zealand on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. He scored a sensible century, his third in T20Is, to assist the hosts put up 192 runs on the board in their 20 overs. In reply, New Zealand may solely attain 154 runs in their 20 overs to go down by 38 runs in the sport and 0-2 down in the collection. Haris Rauf was additionally the star bowler for Pakistan selecting up his second consecutive four-fer and returned with the figures of 4/27.
Here are a few of the data Babar Azam created/broke:
Babar Azam scored his third century in T20 Internationals. Only Rohit Sharma has extra T20I tons (4) than him in the shortest format of the game.
Babar Azam smashed his third T20I ton as captain. These are most for any participant whereas main a staff in T20Is. He went previous Rohit Sharma who has two centuries as T20I captain of India.
This was Babar Azam’s ninth ton in T20 cricket total. With this ton, he went previous the likes of Michael Klinger, Aaron Finch and David Warner who all have 8 tons in T20 cricket. Only Chris Gayle is forward of Babar in this facet with a whopping 22 centuries in the shortest format.
Babar Azam has now received 42 matches as Pakistan’s T20I captain. These are the joint-most wins in the shortest format alongside Eoin Morgan and Asghar Afghan.
Speaking after the match, Babar Azam appeared blissful with his present in the sport and extra importantly his staff successful. “I’m very blissful with my efficiency in this match. There was a little bit of assist for the quick bowlers early on however Rizwan and myself noticed that interval via, constructed a partnership after which Iftikhar and myself completed it off. We utilized the final 5 overs and acquired to a excellent whole.
“Losing wickets back to back is a concern and we will discuss these things, it does put pressure on the batters when you lose wickets in clusters. We have very good fast bowlers and they performed brilliantly. He (Rizwan) is feeling better and there’s a rest day tomorrow, let’s see how he pulls up,” he mentioned.
