Pakistan's Babar Azam on the brink of going past Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma in T20I cricket
Pakistan’s Babar Azam on the brink of going past Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma in T20I cricket
Pakistan will play seven T20Is on their tour of Ireland and England, which provides ample opportunity to the team’s captain Babar Azam to go past Indian batting legends Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s tally of runs in T20 internationals to become the leading scorer in the format.
Among the trio, Kohli’s 4037 runs in 117 T20Is lead the charts at the moment, followed by India captain Rohit, who has 3974 runs in 151 T20Is, at number two. Babar’s tally of 3823 runs in 114 matches currently stands third.
Those numbers leave Babar only 151 runs behind Rohit and 214 runs behind Kohli.
Pakistan are scheduled to play three T20Is in Ireland, beginning May 10. That will be followed by the tour of England, where Pakistan will play a series of four T20Is before flying to the US for the T20 World Cup.
Currently, the Pakistan squad includes 18 players, which will be trimmed to 15 for the T20 World Cup, as stipulated by the International Cricket Council .
The T20 World Cup is scheduled to be co-hosted by the US and West Indies from June 2 to 29.
Pakistan are clubbed in the same group as India, and the archrivals will face off on June 9 in New York.
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