KARACHI: World No.1 T20I batter Mohammad Rizwan became the joint-fastest batsman to complete 2000 runs in T20 internationals in 52 innings and equalled his opening partner and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam’s record.
Rizwan reached the milestone during his phenomenal knock of 68 off 46 in the first T20I against England here on Tuesday. England beat the hosts by 6 wickets and lead the historic seven-match T20I series 1-0 as the touring side is currently on their first tour of Pakistan in almost 17 years.
With the remarkable achievement, the wicket-keeper batter surpassed Indian batting star, Virat Kohli, who scored 2000 T20I runs in 56 innings.
Fastest to 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ T20I runs:
🇵🇰 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝟓𝟐 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
🇵🇰 Babar Azam 52 innings
🇮🇳 Virat Kohli 56 innings
🇮🇳 KL Rahul 58 innings
🇦🇺 Aaron Finch 62 innings#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/fK2r4WcRhL— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) September 20, 2022
Meanwhile, Rizwan also became the fourth Pakistani batter to achieve the feat and joined the likes of Babar, Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik.
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