PAK vs ENG, 2nd T20I: Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan placed on an unbeaten 203-run stand for the opening wicket and helped Pakistan beat England by 10 wickets.
Babar, Rizwan surpass Dhawan, Rohit to set new partnership document in T20Is. Courtesy: AP
HIGHLIGHTSBabar and Rizwan out on 203 runs for the opening wicketPakistan beat England by 10 wicketsBabar Azam scored his 2nd T20I century
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, on Thursday, September 22, pummelled England bowlers as Pakistan received the second T20I by 10 wickets on the National Stadium in Karachi.
The duo placed on an unbeaten 203-run partnership and helped Pakistan chase down 200 with three balls to spare. Babar and Rizwan set the very best partnership ever in a run-chase in T20Is. They surpassed their very own document of 197 that they placed on towards South Africa again in 2021.
Babar and Rizwan, within the meantime, now have the very best runs in partnership for any wicket in T20Is. The duo presently has 1929 runs from 36 innings at a mean of 56.73 with seven century and 6 half-century stands.
En path to their beautiful partnership, the Pakistan pair surpassed the Indian pair of Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, who’ve scored 1743 runs from 52 innings at a mean of 33.51.
Babar, within the meantime, is barely 105 runs wanting changing into the primary Pakistan batter to attain 3000 runs in T20Is. On Thursday, he turned the second batter from Pakistan after veteran Shoaib Malik to attain 8000 runs in T20s.
Rizwan just lately additionally turned the quickest batter together with Babar to attain 2000 runs in T20Is. Rizwan just lately turned the main run-scorer in Asia Cup 2022. Babar and Rizwan’s partnership can be the perfect for a Pakistani pair within the shortest format of the sport.
Pakistan began the seven-match collection towards England with a six-wicket defeat on Tuesday. However, the Men in Green have made a powerful comeback to attract stage within the collection.
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