PAK vs ENG, 2nd T20I Highlights: Babar Azam slammed an unbeaten 110 off just 66 balls as Pakistan defeated England by 10 wickets in the second T20I of the seven-match series at the National Stadium in Karachi.
Babar Azam slammed an unbeaten 110 off just 66 balls as Pakistan defeated England by 10 wickets in the second T20I of the seven-match series at the National Stadium in Karachi. Chasing a target of 200, Babar and Mohammd Rizwan didn’t break a sweat as Pakistan chased down the target with three balls to spare. Rizwan also remained unbeaten on 88 off 51 deliveries. With this win, Pakistan levelled the series 1-1, ahead of the third game on Friday. Earlier, Stand-in captain Moeen Ali smashed an unbeaten 55 off just 23 balls, enabling England to post a strong total of 199 for five in 20 overs vs Pakistan in Karachi. Moeen hit four fours and as many sixes to set Pakistan a target of 200. Youngster Harry Brook also played a 31-run cameo to keep England ticking after the dismissals of Phil Salt and Ben Duckett. Duckett had ramped his way to a 22-ball 43, before Nawaz gave him his marching orders. Harry Brook and Moeen Ali will look to accelerate the innings in the last seven overs. Haris Rauf put Phil Salt out his misery as he castled the England opener in the 12th over. Salt, 30 off 27, failed to bank on a bright start and looked completely short of ideas after the powerplay. Shahnawaz Dahani had earlier struck twice in the powerplay to dismiss Alex Hales and Dawid Malan off consecutive deliveries.
En route to their opening stand, the duo of Babar and Rizwan also forged a world record as they surpassed India’s star openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. The Indian duo held the record for highest partnership runs in T20Is (1743); however, Babar and Rizwan went past them in the second match of the series.
Following the end of the game, the Pakistan duo reached 1929 opening partnership runs in T20Is, and it’s safe to say they’re not stopping anytime soon. Here is the list of most runs as opening duo in the shortest format of the game (international T20s)
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) – 1929
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan (India) – 1743
Kevin O’Brien and Paul Stirling (Ireland) – 1720
KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma (India) – 1660
Kyle Coetzer and George Munsey (Scotland) – 1577
