Fast bowlers get a lot of help on Australian pitches, but if the batsman adjusts to the conditions, he can easily hit big sixes. It seems that Pakistan’s Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are completely unaware of this. On January 12, Rizwan played such a slow innings for Melbourne Renegades in the BBL that the captain had to declare him retired out.

The 33rd match of the Big Bash League was played between Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Renegades in Sydney today. In this match, Melbourne team came to bat first. When Mohammad Rizwan came to bat at fourth position, the team’s score was 83 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 9.1 overs. Melbourne Renegades were moving the scoreboard at a run rate of more than 9.

Rizwan did tuk-tuk, captain threw him out

Mohammad Rizwan was batting so slowly that Melbourne team could add only 42 runs in the next 6 overs. Rizwan scored 26 runs in 23 balls and his strike rate remained around 100 throughout the innings. Rizwan was not able to make the connection between ball and bat even after playing 23 balls.

Looking at the condition of the first 10 overs, the Melbourne team would be dreaming of reaching a score of around 200. But Rizwan’s innings had pushed the run-rate back. As a result, the team management declared him retired out after the 18th over and called him out of the field.

Rizwan ‘super flop’ in BBL

Mohammad Rizwan is playing for Melbourne Renegades in BBL. Rizwan has so far been able to score only 167 runs in 8 innings played in the tournament. He has not been able to score even a single half-century and his average is only 20.87. Talking about the match, Sydney Thunder defeated Melbourne Renegades by 4 wickets via DLS method.

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Most Sixes By A Batter In T20Is In A Calendar Year: The second match of the 5-match T20 series between India and Australia was played on 31 October 2025 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In this match, the rising star of the Indian cricket team, Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant inning of 68 runs in 37 balls against Australia, in which he hit 8 brilliant fours and 2 skyscraper sixes. With this, Abhishek has created a new history in T20 International cricket. On the basis of his explosive performance in the year 2025, he has made the record of hitting the most number of sixes in a year. He has achieved this historic achievement, leaving behind the record of former Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan.

Players who have hit most sixes in a year in T20 International

Abhishek Sharma (India) – 43 sixes

India’s explosive opener Abhishek Sharma has become the first player to hit the most number of sixes in a year in T20 International. Abhishek has hit 43 sixes in 14 innings of the year 2025.

Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) – 42 sixes

The player who hit the most sixes in T20 International in the year 2021 was Pakistan’s wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan. Rizwan had hit 42 sixes in 26 innings this year.

Martin Guptill (New Zealand) – 41 sixes

Former New Zealand opener Martin Guptill was the second player to hit the most sixes in T20 International in the year 2021. Guptill had hit 41 sixes in 18 innings this year.

Evin Lewis (West Indies) – 37 sixes

West Indies’ explosive opening batsman Evin Lewis was the third player to hit the most sixes in T20 International in the year 2021. Lewis had hit 37 sixes in 18 innings this year.

Kevin O’Brien (Ireland) – 36 sixes

Former Ireland all-rounder Kevin O’Brien was the player who hit the most sixes in T20 International in 2019. O’Brien had hit 36 ​​sixes in 23 innings this year.

Most Runs In Career In T20Is: The first match of the 5-match T20 series between India and Australia was played in Canberra today, Wednesday, 29 October. Batting first in this match, the Indian team scored 97 runs at the loss of one wicket in 9.4 overs, later the match was canceled due to rain. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav played a brilliant inning of 39 unbeaten runs in 24 balls. Whereas Suryakumar Yadav is not included in the list of top-7 batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. Here we are going to tell you who are the 7 batsmen who scored the most runs in T20 International?

Top-7 batsmen who scored most runs in T20 International

1. Rohit Sharma (India)

Former Indian captain Rohit Sharma is at number one in the list of top-7 batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. Rohit has played 159 matches in his career, in which he has scored 4231 runs at an excellent strike rate of 140.89.

2. Babar Azam (Pakistan)

Pakistan’s Babar Azam is at second place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. Babar has scored 4223 runs in 129 matches at an average of 39.46.

3. Virat Kohli (India)

Former Indian star batsman Virat Kohli is at third place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. Virat has played 125 matches in his career, in which he has scored 4188 runs at an excellent average of 48.69.

4. Jos Buttler (England)

England’s wicketkeeper batsman Jos Buttler is at fourth place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. Butler has scored 3869 runs in 144 matches at an excellent strike rate of 148.97.

5. Paul Stirling (Ireland)

Ireland’s explosive opening batsman Paul Stirling is at fifth position in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. Sterling has scored 3710 runs in 153 matches at a strike rate of 134.86.

6. Martin Guptill (New Zealand)

Former New Zealand opener Martin Guptill is at sixth place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. Guptill has played 122 matches in his career, in which he has scored 3531 runs at an average of 31.81.

7. Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)

Pakistan’s wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan is at seventh place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. Rizwan has scored 3414 runs in 106 matches at an average of 47.41.

Let us tell you that Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav is not present in the list of top-7 batsmen who have scored the most runs in T20 International. But Suryakumar is the 13th batsman to score the most runs in T20 International. So far, he has scored 2709 runs in 91 T20 matches at an excellent strike rate of 164.18.

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has refused to sign the new central contracts given to national players after finding himself included in Category B. According to a reliable source, among the 30 players who have received new contracts, Rizwan is the only one who has not signed the contract.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has removed the prestigious Category A by offering new contracts, which were earlier offered only to Babar Azam, Rizwan and Shaheen Shah Afridi.

By removing the A category, the board wants to give a clear message to the players that it is not satisfied with their performance in the last one year. This time the board has kept 10 players including these three experienced players in Category B.

However, Rizwan had recently made it clear to the board that he would sign the contract only if the board resolved some of his complaints. The source said that these demands of Rizwan have been made after he was removed from the post of captain of the ODI team.

Rizwan has requested the board to keep him and other senior players in the A category as before and has also made it clear that while appointing anyone as captain, the board should give him a clear tenure and time to carry out his plans.

Rizwan has not been selected in Pakistan’s T20 team since December 2024. He was recently removed from the post of captain of the ODI team. In his place, this responsibility has been given to Shaheen Shah Afridi.

The first T20 is being played between Pakistan and South Africa in Rawalpindi, Babar Azam has returned to the Pakistan team. Before the T20 World Cup 2026, this is a big sign that Babar is being seen in the team for the next World Cup, while the PCB has sidelined Mohammad Rizwan. A few days ago, he was removed from the ODI captaincy by the PCB because he refused to promote the betting app.

Babar Azam had earlier played his last T20 against South Africa on December 13, 2024 at SuperSport Park. Today he is playing his first T20 after 11 months, meanwhile PCB had dropped him from the T20 squad. He also did not play in Asia Cup 2025, where Pakistan reached the final. India had defeated Pakistan in the final.

Babar Azam close to breaking Rohit Sharma’s record

In the first T20 being played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Aga won the toss and chose to bowl first. In this match, Babar Azam can break a big record of Rohit Sharma.

The highest run scorer in T20 International cricket is Rohit Sharma, he has scored 4231 runs in 151 innings. This includes 5 centuries and 32 half-century innings. Babar Azam is just 8 runs away from Rohit, he will break Rohit’s record by scoring 9 runs and will come first in this list. Babar has scored 4223 runs in 121 innings, which includes 3 centuries and 36 half-centuries.

Pakistan’s playing 11

Sam Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Salman Ali Aga (captain), Usman Khan (wicket keeper), Hassan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed.

South Africa’s playing 11

Reza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wk), Tony De Jorzi, Dewald Brewis, Matthew Bretzke, Donoval Ferreira (c), George Linde, Corbin Bosch, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Berger, Lungi Ngidi.

Pakistani wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan has refused to sign the central contract. According to media reports, Rizwan is the only player among the 30 players who has not signed the contract yet. It is being told that Rizwan did this when some personal demands were not fulfilled.

According to Pakistani media agency ‘A Sports’, there is very little possibility that PCB will reconsider Rizwan’s demands. Rizwan was placed in ‘Category B’ in the new central contract list released by the Pakistan Cricket Board. There are a total of 10 players in this category, in which the name of Babar Azam is also included. It is a shocking matter that this time no player has been kept in ‘Category A’.

This report has come at a time when Rizwan was removed from the post of captain of the ODI team a few days ago. Shaheen Shah Afridi has now become the new ODI captain. Let us remind you that Rizwan became the new ODI captain by replacing Babar Azam in October 2024. His captaincy journey lasted for almost a year.

Under his captaincy, Pakistan did well in the beginning, because under Rizwan the Pakistan team defeated Australia and South Africa at their home. Under Rizwan’s captaincy, Pakistan lost all four matches in the T20 format, hence his captaincy journey in T20 did not last long.

Mohammad Rizwan’s captaincy once again came under question when Pakistan, despite being the host of the Champions Trophy 2025, could not qualify for the knockout stage. After that, New Zealand whitewashed the Pakistan team 3-0 and then had to face a 1-2 defeat at the hands of West Indies.

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On Monday, October 20, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced the name of Shaheen Shah Afridi as the ODI captain in place of Mohammad Rizwan. This news shocked everyone as to why Rizwan was suddenly removed from the captaincy. Now a report has revealed that performance is not the reason behind snatching the captaincy from Rizwan. Rather, its connections are linked to betting companies.

The reason for snatching the captaincy from Mohammad Rizwan has been revealed in the report of Times of India. According to the report, when Rizwan refused to promote betting companies, PCB removed him from the captaincy. PCB wanted Rizwan to promote these companies, but Rizwan stuck to his principles and refused to do so.

Source related to PCB confirmed!

This was confirmed in the report quoting a PCB source. The source said, “Mohammad Rizwan had told the Pakistan Cricket Board that he would not promote these betting companies, which was the main reason for his removal from the captaincy. He was against the cooperation between betting companies and PCB.”

However, when PCB announced the selection of Shaheen Shah Afridi as the captain before the ODI series against South Africa, they did not give the reason for the removal of Rizwan, even his name was not mentioned.

“At a meeting of the selection committee, which also included Pakistan’s limited overs head coach Mike Hesson, it was decided to appoint Shaheen as the captain of Pakistan’s ODI team against South Africa,” the PCB said in its statement.

Mohammad Rizwan is a staunch Muslim

This is not the first time that Rizwan has taken such a decision. This year itself, while playing in the CPL (Caribbean Premier League), he had refused to wear the jersey of the team (St Kitts and Nevis Patriots) which had the ‘logo’ of the betting company on it, even though it was the main sponsor of the team. Rizwan never even shakes hands with female fans, it is because he follows the principles of Islam that he refuses to promote these companies.

Captains Who Lost Their First Match In Tests, ODIs and T20Is: The first match as captain is very special for any player. Every captain wants to start his first match with a win, but there are some captains whose captaincy started with a defeat. When this defeat happens in all three formats (Test, ODI and T20 International), then it becomes an unwanted record. Recently, Indian batsman Shubman Gill has also joined this unwanted list. Before Gill, names of many legendary players are also included in this list. Here we are going to tell you about 7 such captains, who started their captaincy career with defeat.

7 captains who lost their first match in all three formats of international cricket

1. Virat Kohli (India)

India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli is the first Indian captain to lose his first match in all three formats of international cricket.

Test: In 2014, under Kohli’s captaincy, India had to face defeat in its first Test against Australia in Adelaide.

ODI: In 2013, India lost the first ODI against Sri Lanka in Kingston.

T20: Kohli’s team also lost in its first T20 match against England in Kanpur in 2017.

2. Shubman Gill (India)

India’s star batsman Shubman Gill is the second Indian captain to lose his first match in all three formats of international cricket.

T20: Shubman Gill captained the T20 team for the first time in the T20 match played against Zimbabwe in Harare on 6 July 2024, in which India had to face defeat.

Test: Under Gill’s captaincy, India lost its first Test against England in 2025 at Leeds.

ODI: India also had to face defeat under Gill’s captaincy in its first ODI against Australia in Perth on 19 October 2025.

3. Stephen Fleming (New Zealand)

Stephen Fleming is the first New Zealand captain to lose his first match in all three formats of international cricket.

Test: In 1997, New Zealand lost its first Test match against England under Fleming’s captaincy.

ODI: The team also had to face defeat in its first ODI match against Sri Lanka in 1997.

T20: Under Fleming’s captaincy, New Zealand also lost in its first T20 match against Australia in 2005.

4. Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

Brendon McCullum is the second New Zealand captain to lose his first match in all three formats of international cricket.

Test: In 2013, New Zealand had to face defeat in its first Test against South Africa under McCullum’s captaincy.

ODI: In 2009, the New Zealand team also lost in its first ODI against India.

T20: In 2008, the team had to face defeat in its first T20 match against England under the captaincy of McCullum.

5. Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)

Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan is the only Pakistani captain to lose his first match in all three formats of international cricket.

Test: In its first Test against New Zealand in 2021, Pakistan had to face defeat under the captaincy of Rizwan.

ODI: Pakistan team also lost in its first ODI against South Africa in 2021.

T20: In 2020, Pakistan had to face defeat in its first T20 against New Zealand under the captaincy of Rizwan.

6. Jason Holder (West Indies)

West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder is the only West Indies captain to lose his first match in all three formats of international cricket.

Test: In 2015, West Indies had to face defeat in their first Test against England under the captaincy of Holder.

ODI: The West Indies team also lost in its first ODI against South Africa in 2014.

T20: Under Holder’s captaincy, West Indies had to face defeat in their first T20 against South Africa in 2021.

7. Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lankan opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is the only Sri Lankan captain to lose his first match in all three formats of international cricket.

Test: In 2011, Sri Lanka had to face defeat in its first Test against England under the captaincy of Dilshan.

ODI: The Sri Lankan team also lost in its first ODI against India in 2010.

T20: In 2008, Sri Lanka had to face defeat in its first T20 against Pakistan under the captaincy of Dilshan.

Shaheen Afridi has become the new ODI captain of Pakistan cricket team. He has replaced Mohammad Rizwan, who remained the captain of the Pakistan team for almost a year. Till now Rizwan may not have been able to recover from the shock of snatching the captaincy, then former cricketer Rashid Latif has burst another bomb on Rizwan’s head. Latif has made a surprising claim that Rizwan lost his captaincy in support of Palestine.

Support for Palestine proved costly?

Rashid Latif said on the removal of Mohammad Rizwan from the captaincy, “If he raised the flag of Palestine, will he be removed from the captaincy? Such a mindset is being formed that you will make a non-Islamic cricket captain in an Islamic country.”

Islamic culture in dressing room

Rashid Latif also claimed that Mike Hesson was behind this decision. He said that head coach Mike Hesson did not like religious activities inside the dressing room.

The veteran Pakistani cricketer further said, “Mike Hesson is behind this decision, isn’t it? He doesn’t like this culture in the dressing room. He has a team of 5-6 people, how can such a culture be stopped from the dressing room. When Inzamam ul Haq, Saeed Anwar and Saqlain Mushtaq were in the team, we were never affected by these things.”

Three formats, three different captains

Pakistan now has three different captains in three different formats. The Test team is being captained by Shan Masood, who is currently busy in the Test series against South Africa. Whereas Shaheen Afridi has become the new captain of the ODI team and the command of the T20 team is with Salman Aga.

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The first test between Pakistan and South Africa has come to an exciting turn. A total of 16 wickets fell on the third day in the Lahore Test and at stumps, South Africa had scored 51 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. The African team still has to score 226 more runs to register victory. Pakistan’s second innings was reduced to just 167 runs, after which South Africa got the target of 277 runs due to lagging in the first innings.

16 wickets fell on the third day

South Africa increased its score to 216/6 on the third day. Tony De Georgi completed his century, but he could not take his innings beyond 104 runs. At one time South Africa had scored 256 runs after losing 7 wickets, but within the next 13 runs they lost the remaining three wickets. In this way Pakistan achieved a huge lead of 109 runs in the first innings.

When Pakistan team came to bat in the second innings, it crossed the 100-run mark on the basis of small partnerships. Babar Azam contributed 42 runs. At one time Pakistan had scored 150 runs at the loss of 4 wickets and the team was moving towards a big score. From here, Senuran Muthuswamy wove such a web of spin that the Pakistan team lost the remaining 7 wickets in just 17 runs. Pakistan’s second innings was limited to 167 runs.

South Africa needs 226 runs

Chasing the target of 277 runs, the South African team has scored 51 runs by the end of the third day. Besides, his 2 wickets have also fallen. In this way, a total of 16 wickets fell on the third day. On the fourth day, South African team will have to score 226 more runs to win, while Pakistan would like to win the Lahore Test by taking 8 wickets.

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