Pakistan batsman Babar Azam is now the quickest player to reach 1,000 Twenty20 International runs, as he executed the feat at some point of the 0.33 and final suit of the T20I series towards New Zealand on Sunday. Azam, who opened the innings for Pakistan in opposition to the Black Caps, scored 79 off fifty-eight deliveries, and reached the 1000-run mark when he reached forty-eight With that, he overtook Team India captain Virat Kohli with the aid of one inning. Azam achieved the landmark in simply 26 innings, beating the preceding record set by India’s Virat Kohli, who reached 1,000 runs in 27 Twenty20 innings.
In the identical match, Mohammad Hafeez scored a 34-ball fifty-three after Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat at Dubai stadium. Pakistan revels in an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Virat Kohli is currently rested for the ongoing T20I sequence in opposition to the Windies. In the currently concluded five-match ODI collection towards the West Indies, Kohli ensured India gained 3-1, scoring three back-to-back hundreds.
Kohli will resume cricket when India tour Australia down this month, starting with the T20I series on November 21.
