Overview
- Babar Azam is now the all-time leading scorer in men’s T20Is with 4,234 runs in 130 matches (123 innings), surpassing Rohit Sharma’s 4,231.
- He set the mark in the second T20I in Lahore with a single off Donovan Ferreira, finishing 11 not out in a nine-wicket chase that leveled the series.
- Pakistan took the decider by four wickets, chasing 140 as Babar made 68 off 47; Shaheen Shah Afridi bagged three wickets and debutant Usman Tariq took two.
- Saim Ayub’s unbeaten 71 off 38 and a seven-wicket haul shared by Salman Mirza and Faheem Ashraf underpinned Pakistan’s dominant win in the second match.
- With Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from T20Is, outlets also highlighted Babar’s lead in other categories such as fifty-plus scores, though reported tallies vary.