Babar becomes highest T20I scorer surpassing Rohit, Virat:PAK cricketer achieves feat despite scoring zero in 1st game vs SA; series levels to 1-1

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has become the highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals. He has surpassed former Indian captain Rohit Sharma. In the second T20I match played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan defeated South Africa by 9 wickets. The South African team, which had won the first T20 match, could only score 110 runs while batting first. In response, Pakistan achieved the target by scoring 112 runs for the loss of one wicket in 13.1 overs. With this, the three-match T20 series is now levelled at 1-1. Babar achieves rare feat with just 11 runs In the Friday night match, Babar Azam scored 11 runs off 18 balls. He needed only 9 runs to break the record. However, the batter now has 4,234 runs, while Rohit Sharma has 4,231 in the shortest format of cricket. Rohit Sharma, who has retired from T20 International cricket, is in second place, and Virat Kohli is in third place. Virat has 4,188 runs to his name. Both had retired from this format after the 2024 T20I World Cup. Dewald Brevis was highest scorer of the match with 25 runs Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be the right decision. South African batsmen failed to play a big innings. Dewald Brevis scored the highest 25 runs, while Donovan Ferreira contributed 25, George Linde 9, and Ottniel Baartman 12 runs. Ashraf took 4 and Mirza took 3 wickets Fahim Ashraf bowled brilliantly for Pakistan, taking 4 wickets. Salman Mirza took 3 wickets in 4 overs, conceding only 14 runs, and his economy rate was 3.50.
Additionally, Naseem Shah took 2 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs, while Abrar Ahmed claimed 1 wicket for 26 runs in 4 overs. Saim Ayub scored his 5th half-century Chasing the target, Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan gave a brilliant start for Pakistan. Ayub scored an unbeaten 71 runs off 38 balls, which included 6 fours and 5 sixes. This was his fifth half-century in his T20 International career and his second half-century against South Africa. He also scored his career-best 98 runs* against the same team.