Babar Azam on Thursday changed Virat Kohli as the highest run-getter in T20I historical past. The Pakistan captain achieved the feat throughout his crew’s 2024 T20 World Cup conflict with co-host USA in Dallas.
Forward of the beginning of the contest, Babar was 15 runs behind Kohli (4038 runs from 113 matches) within the listing. He scored 44 off 43 to overhaul th
e previous India captain and has now taken his total tally to 4067 runs from 120 matches.India captain Rohit Sharma is third on the record with 4026 runs from 152 matches followed by Paul Stirling (3591 runs) and Martin Guptill (3531 runs).
| Rank* | Name | Runs | Matches | Team |
| 1 | Babar Azam | 4067 | 120 | Pakistan |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | 4038 | 118 | India |
| 3 | Rohit Sharma | 4026 | 152 | India |
| 4 | Paul Stirling | 3591 | 143 | Ireland |
| 5 | Martin Guptill | 3531 | 122 | New Zealand |
| 6 | Mohammad Rizwan | 3212 | 99 | Pakistan |
| 7 | David Warner | 3155 | 104 | Australia |
| 8 | Aaron Finch | 3120 | 103 | Australia |
| 9 | Jos Buttler | 3050 | 117 | England |
| 10 | Kane Williamson | 2547 | 89 | New Zealand |
*Listing up to date as of June 7, 2024
Whereas Babar could have achieved a person milestone, Pakistan made a disappointing begin to their world cup marketing campaign after struggling a stunning defeat to USA in what was their first meeting on the worldwide degree.
Put in to bat first, Pakistan struggled their approach to an honest whole of 159/7. USA captain Monank Patel scored a half-century as USA completed with 159/3 in 20 overs leading to a tie.
The winner was then determined by the Tremendous Over and USA defended 18 runs in it to create historical past.
An upset Babar admitted Pakistan had been poor in all three departments and blamed his bowlers for not selecting up wickets.
“I’m upset. We weren’t up to speed in all three departments. We’re higher than that within the bowling, we didn’t take wickets within the first six overs. Within the center overs (both), our spinners didn’t choose wickets and it put stress on us. And after 10 overs, we did come again however the way in which they (USA) completed the sport within the Tremendous Over, credit score to crew,” he mentioned.
