Even though Pakistan’s legendary batsman Babar Azam could not play any big innings on his return to T20 International, he has made the biggest record of this format in his name. Babar Azam, who returned to Pakistan’s T20 team after a long time, was out for zero in the first match. In the second match he remained unbeaten on 11 runs. However, his name ‘Virat’ was still recorded. Actually, Babar Azam has now become the highest run scorer in T20 International.

In the second T20 match against South Africa, Babar Azam made this big record by leaving behind India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Babar achieved this feat by scoring 11 runs on 18 balls in the second T20 match against South Africa in Lahore on Friday night. Babar has now become the highest run-scorer batsman in T20 international cricket, leaving behind Rohit and Kohli.

Rohit and Virat are ahead of Babar in this matter

Babar Azam has so far scored 4234 runs in 123 matches at an average of 39.57, but his strike rate and number of sixes are less compared to other players included in the list of highest run-scoring batsmen. Babar’s strike rate is 128.77 and he has hit 73 sixes. In this matter, Rohit, Kohli, Jos Buttler and Paul Sterling are ahead of him. Rohit’s strike rate is 140.89 and he has hit 205 sixes in his career. Virat’s strike rate is 137.04 and he has hit 124 sixes. Buttler’s strike rate is 148.97 and he has hit 172 sixes, while Ireland’s Stirling has a strike rate of 134.86 and he has hit 133 sixes.

10 batsmen who scored the most runs in T20 International

1- Babar Azam- 4234 runs
2- Rohit Sharma- 4231 runs
3- Virat Kohli- 4188 runs
4- Jos Buttler- 3869 runs
5- Paul Stirling- 3710 runs
6- Martin Guptill- 3531 runs
7- Mohammad Rizwan- 3414 runs
8- David Warner- 3277 runs
9- Muhammad Wasim- 3184 runs
10- Aaron Finch- 3120 runs

Note- Many such batsmen are also included in the list of top-10, who have now retired from T20 International. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav has 2710 runs. Surya is the third Indian to score the most runs in T20 International. Only Rohit and Virat are above Surya.

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.