Babar Azam on Monday surpassed Virat Kohli to rise to the second spot within the checklist of highest run-scorers in T20Is. Virat Kohli has 4188 runs in 117 innings whereas Babar Azam has 4192 runs in 119 innings. India captain Rohit Sharma leads the checklist with 4231 runs in 151 innings. Babar Azam achieved the feat throughout a match towards Australia. With Rohit having retired from T20Is, Babar Azam is anticipated to surpass him within the checklist very quickly.
Marcus Stoinis slammed 5 large sixes in an unbeaten 61 as Australia crushed Pakistan by seven wickets in Hobart on Monday to safe a 3-0 T20 sequence whitewash. Chasing a meagre 118, the hosts hit the goal within the twelfth over handy Pakistan a actuality verify after the guests gained the previous ODI sequence 2-1.
Stoinis was unstoppable as soon as he bought going, additionally blasting 5 fours in his 27-ball masterclass. “It is very nice to get one other win and go 3-0 up,” stated Australia skipper Josh Inglis.
“When he is going like that, it is actually arduous to cease,” he added of Stoinis. “A kind of sixes was most likely the largest I’ve seen.”
The match at Bellerive Oval was a lifeless rubber after Australia gained a rain-hit match in Brisbane by 29 runs after which in Sydney by 13 runs. After opting to bat, Pakistan raced to 62-1 earlier than crumbling to 117 all out within the nineteenth over with Babar Azam top-scoring on 41 and Aaron Hardie taking 3-21.
Jake Fraser-McGurk started the run chase with consecutive boundaries from Shaheen Shah Afridi earlier than the speedster dismissed Matt Quick for 2, caught at mid-on by Irfan Khan.
Fraser-McGurk (18) adopted subsequent over, undone by the sheer tempo of Jahandad Khan in one other mis-fire by the 22-year-old.
However Inglis stored the scoreboard ticking over alongside Stoinis, who let rip within the ninth over, punishing Haris Rauf for 20, together with an enormous six that landed on the stadium roof.
Their 55-run partnership ended when Inglis scooped Abbas Afridi to Rauf on 27, which introduced Tim David to the crease.
He was bystander to Stoinis, who introduced up his fifth T20 half-century with one other big six earlier than seeing them residence. “There’s numerous positives, the best way a few of the gamers batted and bowled, these kids will come good,” stated Salman Agha, Pakistan’s skipper for the night time with Mohammad Rizwan rested.
“It is a large achievement for us to win a one-day sequence right here after 22 years, we may have accomplished higher within the T20 sequence however we’ll come again stronger.”
Sahibzada Farhan opened the Pakistan batting with Azam within the absence of Rizwan. However on a cold night, he lasted simply seven balls earlier than top-edging a brief one from Spencer Johnson — contemporary from taking 5 wickets in Sydney — to Xavier Bartlett.
Azam produced a sequence of chic strokes as he and Haseebullah Khan placed on a quickfire 44 for the second wicket. However Kahn was no match for Adam Zampa‘s spin, amassing an outdoor edge on 24 to Quick.
Pakistan’s woes mounted with Usman Khan (3) caught on the ropes after slogging Hardie and Agha trapped lbw by the identical bowler for one. It left them reeling on 72-4 on the midway mark and when Zampa bowled Azam and Khan (10) was needlessly run out they have been in serious trouble.
Shaheen Shah Afridi blasted the one six of the innings, however did not final because the tailenders have been mopped up.
With AFP inputs
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