DUBAI – Pakistan’s star batsman Mohammad Rizwan is staying true to his fameas he broke a six-year-old record of Windies legend Chris Gayle during theT20 World Cup match against Scotland.
The wicket-keeper now became the player with the most runs in T20 cricketin a single calendar year. The fifth win of Green Shirts also bringsanother feat for the prolific batsman who is sailing smoothly on UAEpitches.
The 29-year-old surpassed Gayle’s score tally of 1665 which he had amassedearlier in 2015. The new record of 1676 is now being held by theswashbuckling opener.
Gayle scored 1665 runs, including three hundred and 10 fifties from 36matches, in the T20I cricket while Rizwan’s tally includes one ton and 15fifties – with a high score of 104 not out.
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Meanwhile, the star batter also outclassed top T20 batsman and his captainBabar Azam and Indian skipper Virat Kohli who scored 1607 and 1614 runsrespectively.
Rizwan named multiple records including surpassing Virat Kohli for thehighest T20I career averages – minimum qualification is for 1,000 runsscored. He beat that record by scoring an unbeaten 79.
