DUBAI: Pakistan cricket superstar Shoaib Malik has made a historic recordtoday as he became the first ever Pakistani to play 300 T20 matches forPakistan.
Multan Sultans’ skipper became the first Pakistani player to appear in 300Twenty20 matches.
Malik reached this feat when he stepped into the field for his team’sPakistan Super League’s match against Quetta Gladiators in Dubai CricketStadium.
36-year-old Malik has played for 15 different teams, including Pakistan’snational side, and several domestic league teams during his T20 career spanof 13 years.
Malik has also holds the honour of captaining different teams 97 times andwith win percentage of over 69%, he is the most successful captains in theshortest format of the game.
The all-rounder has led teams of Comilla Victorians, Karachi Kings, MultanSultans, Pakistan, Pakistan International Airlines, Sialkot Region andSialkot Stallions.
He is also Pakistan’s leading run scorer in the T20 cricket around theworld. The batsman has scored 7653 runs while playing for different teamsin T20 format, that includes international, domestic and league matchesaround the world.