Babar Azam overtakes Rohit Sharma to become second highest run scorer in T20I

Birmingham [UK], Pakistan captain Babar Azam became the second-highest run-scorer in T20Is, surpassing India captain Rohit Sharma. Babar achieved the historic feat during Pakistan's second T20 match against England at Edgbaston. Babar performed averagely in the second innings of the match on Saturday. He scored 32 runs in 26 balls at a strike rate of 123.08 and registered his name in the record books. He hit 4 fours, but his efforts could not help the Men in Green win.In T20Is, Rohit played 151 matches and 143 innings, where he scored 3974 runs at a strike rate of 139.97. Whereas Babar scored 3987 runs at a strike rate of 129.91 after participating in 118 matches and 111 innings. Only India's charismatic batsman Virat Kohli is ahead of Rohit and Babar. Kohli is currently the leading run-scorer in T20Is with 4037 runs. Recalling the second T20I match between England and Pakistan, Pakistan got the chance to bat first, with England losing in-form opener Phil Salt for just 13 runs along with all-rounder Imad Wasim as Shaheen.Afridi took a brilliant catch at long on. England couldn't really hit the big hits as wickets kept falling. Butler was out after scoring 84 runs in 51 balls with the help of eight fours and three sixes, which is the fifth century scored by Haris. Pakistan made a solid comeback to restrict England to 183/7 in 20 overs, with Shaheen Shah Afridi (3/36) and Haris Rauf (2/34) shining with the ball for Pakistan. In the run-chase, Pakistan lost openers Mohammad Rizwan and Saim Ayub early to be reduced to 14/2.The 53-run partnership between captain Babar Aza (32 from 26 balls, with the help of four fours) and Fakhar Zaman (45 from 21 balls, with the help of five fours and three sixes) and Iftikhar Ahmed (23 runs from 1 ball) Barring a 40-run partnership between Topley (3/41) and Imad Wasim (22 from 13 balls, with two fours and a six), Pakistan could not make progress and were bowled out in 19.2 overs by Topley (3/41) and Archer. (3/41) and Archer (160 runs). 2/28) was the top bowler of England.Moeen Ali got two wickets.