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Pakistan vs South Africa 3 match T20 series is going to start from Tuesday, everyone’s eyes will be on the performance of Babar Azam. But he does not need a huge innings to break Rohit Sharma’s world record, he needs only 9 runs and by doing so he will become the batsman who has scored the most T20 runs in the world.
Babar Azam is also included in the Pakistan team captained by Salman Ali Aga, who was not playing T20 cricket for a long time. He also played the last T20 International match against South Africa in December 2024, in which he scored 31 runs. He has not been able to score a half-century in the last 11 innings.
Rohit Sharma vs Babar Azam (in T20I)
Rohit Sharma is at number one in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. He has scored 4231 runs in 151 innings of 159 matches at a strike rate of 140.89. This includes 5 centuries and 32 half-centuries. Pakistan’s Babar Azam is at second place in the list, who is not far away from Rohit.
Rohit Sharma has retired from T20 International cricket, he now plays only in ODIs. Babar Azam is second in the list. Babar has scored 4223 runs in 121 innings of 128 matches, in which there are 3 centuries and 36 half-centuries. Babar will now equal Rohit by scoring 8 runs and to break his world record, Babar has to score only 9 runs.
Top-5 batsmen who scored most runs in T20 International
- Rohit Sharma (India) – 4231 runs
- Babar Azam (Pakistan)- 4223* runs
- Virat Kohli (India) – 4188 runs
- Jos Buttler (England) – 3869 runs
- Paul Stirling (Ireland) – 3710 runs
Pakistan vs South Africa T20 Series 2025
On the Pakistan tour, South Africa will play a 3-match ODI series after 2 Tests, the first match of which will be played on October 28 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. The match will start at 8:30 pm Indian time, the toss will take place at 8 pm.
Pakistan’s T20 squad: Abdul Samad, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Nawaz, Sahibzada Farhan, Sam Ayub, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Agha Salman (captain), Usman Khan (wicket keeper), Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Salman Mirza, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqim, Usman Tariq.