Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam and wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan have combined their names in history as the most successful opening pair in T20 cricket, following their recent match against England.
The dynamic duo has amassed an impressive 24 scores of 50-plus runs in their T20 partnerships, surpassing the previous record held by Virat Kohli and Chris Gayle for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), who had 23 such scores for the franchise.
In addition to their 50-plus scores, Azam and Rizwan have converted 10 of these into century partnerships, demonstrating exceptional consistency and synergy at the top of the order for Pakistan.
Moreover, Babar Azam achieved another personal milestone during the 4th T20I match against England. The 29-year-old became the first Pakistani batter and only the second player overall to score 4,000 T20I runs. He joins India’s Virat Kohli in this exclusive club, with Kohli having amassed 4,037 runs.
Together, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam have accumulated 3,227 runs as a pair in T20 cricket, making them the most prolific and dangerous batting duo in the format.
Most Runs as a Pair in T20 Cricket:
Batting Pair Innings Runs
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan 68 3,227
Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers 77 3,175
Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli 63 3,035
DJ Bell-Drummond and JL Denly 73 2,795
David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan 50 2,357
This remarkable achievement cements Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan’s status as the leading partnership in T20 cricket history.
