Even though Ireland won the first Twenty20 International against Pakistan by five wickets in Dublin on Friday—their first win over the country in seventeen years—the visiting team’s captain, Babar Azam, found some solace in the outcome. Pakistan’s Babar top-scored with a 43-ball 57 to send his team to 182/6, but Ireland managed to achieve the mark with one ball remaining.
With this hit, Babar tied the record for the most fifty-plus scores in men’s Twenty20 Internationals held by India batting maestro Virat Kohli.
Both Virat and Babar now has 38 fifty-plus T20I scores. Babar has achieved three hundreds and thirty-five half-centuries, compared to Virat’s hundred and 37 fifties.
In T20Is, Virat and Babar both share the highest score of 122, despite the fact that the former Indian captain’s performance was undefeated. Babar has scored 3880 T20I runs, however he has not yet surpassed the 4000-run threshold, while Virat leads the most runs table with 4037.
The next three players on the list of players with the most fifty-plus T20I scores are Rohit Sharma (34), David Warner (27), and Mohammad Rizwan (27). For a considerable amount of time now, Virat Kohli and Babar Azam have frequently been compared.
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In all game modes, Kohli is renowned for his consistency. Having scored many hundreds, he has an impressive record in limited-overs and Test cricket. Kohli is a dangerous batter because of his ability to pursue objectives and adjust to various circumstances.
Conversely, Babar’s superb stroke play and sound technique have earned him praise. In limited-overs cricket, where he has often done well for Pakistan, he has been especially impressive. Azam is an important member of his squad because of his ability to bowl with both pace and spin with ease.
Statistically speaking, Kohli is superior to Azam with a better average and more hundreds in all forms. Nevertheless, each player has a distinct style of their own and has made a substantial contribution to the victories of their individual teams.
While Azam has demonstrated enormous potential and keeps impressing with his batting abilities, Kohli has established himself over a longer period of time in all forms. June 9 is the day of the much awaited India vs. Pakistan T20 World Cup match.
Ireland’s victory handed them a 1-0 lead in the three-match series against Pakistan, a team they will also play in the United States and the West Indies in the group stage of the T20 World Cup next month. Ireland have only defeated Pakistan twice before, the first being their unexpected victory in the 2007 50-over World Cup.
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