Babar Azam equals Umar Akmal's unwanted T20I record

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan star batter Babar Azam has equalled the unwanted record of Umar Akmal in T20I cricket during the tri-series match against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

Babar was trapped by Dushmanta Chameera’s length delivery, which sharply nipped back after pitching and struck his back knee, sending him back to the pavilion for a second-ball duck.

His duck saw him equal with Umar Akmal and Saim Ayub on Pakistan’s unwanted T20I ducks leaderboard.

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With this, Babar now has 10 ducks in 135 T20I matches and is now placed with Umar Akmal and Saim Ayub in third position.

Most Ducks for Pakistan in T20Is

• Umar Akmal – 10 ducks in 84 matches
• Saim Ayub – 10 ducks in 55* matches
• Babar Azam – 10 ducks in 135* matches
• Shahid Afridi – 8 ducks in 98 matches
• Kamran Akmal – 7 ducks in 58 matches
• Mohammad Hafeez – 7 ducks in 119 matchesAt the time of filing this story, Pakistan were reeling at 44-4 in six overs while chasing a mammoth 185-run target.Earlier, opening batter Kamil Mishara’s 76 off 48 propelled Sri Lanka to a strong total in a must-win T20I tri-series encounter.

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