Babar Azam equals Virat Kohli’s record for scoring the most half-centuries in T20 International cricket. Batting first against Zimbabwe in the tri-series at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan scored 195 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated overs, with openers Sahibzada Farhan and Babar Azam scoring half-centuries and playing a key role in helping the team reach the big score.
Sahibzada Farhan scored his second consecutive half-century in the series and played an innings of 63 runs off 41 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. Fakhar Zaman faced only 10 balls in the closing overs, but scored 27 runs without being out, hitting one four and 3 towering sixes.
Babar Azam scored 74 runs off 52 balls with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes, however this is the 38th half-century of his career, before that, former India captain Virat Kohli had set the record of the most half-centuries with 38.
Babar Azam has scored 38 half-centuries in 127 innings of 134 matches and he also has the honor of scoring the most runs in T20 cricket with 4,392 and in addition, he also holds the record for playing the most innings of 50 or more runs with 3 centuries.
Virat Kohli has scored 38 half-centuries in 117 innings of 125 matches and only one century, Rohit Sharma is in third place with 32 half-centuries, Mohammad Rizwan is in fourth place with 30 half-centuries, former Australian opener David Warner is in fifth place with 28 half-centuries.
Babar Azam also holds the record for hitting the most fours in T20 cricket with 464, Ireland’s Paul Stirling is in second place with 430 fours, Rohit Sharma is in third place with 383 fours, Virat Kohli is in fifth place with 363.