2024-04-16 03:50:54
Pakistan-New Zealand five-match T20 series starts from Thursday. Babar Azam will lead Pakistan in this series. He has the opportunity to make and break several records. Let’s take a look at them.
1. Most wins as captain:
Babar Azam led Pakistan in 71 matches as captain and won 42 of them. Now he has a chance to set a new record. By winning the series against New Zealand, Babar broke Uganda’s Brian Masaba’s record for the highest number of wins as a captain. Masaba leads Uganda in 56 matches, winning 44 of them. Asghar Afghan is in second place with 42 wins after leading Afghanistan in 52 matches.
2. Record for leading most matches:
If Babar can play all five matches, he can surpass Aaron Finch’s record. Finch led the maximum 76 matches as a captain. Babar also has an opportunity to make this feat.
3. Most runs as captain:
Australia’s Aaron Finch has the most runs in T20 Internationals as a captain. He scored 2 thousand 236 runs in 76 matches. After him is Babar Azam. His runs in 65 matches are now 2 thousand 195. If he scores only 42 runs, he will surpass Finch and take the top position. Behind Babar is Kane Williamson. His total runs are 2 thousand 125 in 71 matches.
4. Chances of hitting the 4000 run milestone:
Virat Kohli is the owner of the most runs in T20 Internationals. His number of runs in 109 innings is 4 thousand 37. Rohit Sharma is in second place with 3 thousand 974 runs in 143 innings. Babar Azam is in third place with 3 thousand 698 runs in 103 innings. If he scores 277 runs in the five-match home series against New Zealand, he can overtake Rohit Sharma. And if he can score 4000 runs, Babar will be the first Pakistani cricketer to reach a new milestone.
Pakistan-New Zealand T20 Series Schedule:
April 18: 1st T20I, Rawalpindi (8pm),
April 20: 2nd T20I, Rawalpindi (8pm),
April 21: 3rd T20I, Rawalpindi (8pm),
April 25: 4th T20I, Lahore (8pm),
April 27: 5th T20I, Lahore (8pm).