CHRISTCHURCH – Pakistan’s star opening pair – Babar Rizwan and MohammadRizwan – has rewrite history on Thursday as they become the first duo tosurpass 1000-run mark in successful run chases.

They achieved the milestone while playing against Bangladesh in thetri-series in New Zealand. The openers powered Pakistan to beat the rivalteam by seven wickets in a nail-biting contest.

The openers laid the strong foundation for Team Green with a centurionopening stand to put the squad in a forceful position. They scored 101 off76 deliveries and Pakistan chased the target in 19.5 overs with sevenwickets in hand.

The 101-run partnership today marked their fifth century-plus score in runchases in shortest format of the cricket.

Overall, the duo has made eight-century plus partnership in T20Is. Theyalso have played 16 fifty-plus partnerships.

India’s Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul have played 15 fifty-plus partnerships.