Overview
- Needing nine to pass Rohit Sharma’s 4,231, Babar reached the milestone with a single off Donovan Ferreira and finished unbeaten on 11.
- Pakistan bowled South Africa out for 110 before cruising to 112-1 in 13.1 overs to square the three-match series at 1-1.
- Saim Ayub struck an unbeaten 71 off 38 balls, while fast bowlers Salman Mirza and Faheem Ashraf shared seven wickets with figures of 3-14 and 4-23.
- Babar’s T20I tally stands at 4,234 in 130 matches, surpassing Sharma, who played 159 T20Is before retiring from the format after India’s 2024 World Cup win.
- The milestone came in Babar’s first T20Is in almost a year after a recall, following a first-match duck, with the deciding third T20 scheduled for Saturday.