Lahore – Pakistani wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan set a new Twenty20International record by scoring a century against South Africa raising thebar higher for fellow Pakistani cricketers.
After Kiwi cricketer Brendon McCullum, he is now also the secondwicket-keeper batsman in the world to score a century in all threeinternational cricket formats. Overall, he’s the 5th wicket-keeper batsmanto score T20I century in the world.
The 28 year old wicket-keeper scored an unbeaten 104 off 64 deliveries inLahore. His innings include 7 sixes, which is the highest by a Pakistanibatsman in Twenty20 International.
Previously Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shahzad held the record, both of whomhad smashed 6 sixes in an innings on different occasions.
Scoring the highest individual score by a Pakistani wicket-keeper in T20Is,Rizwan surpassed Sarfaraz Ahmed who had earlier scored 89 against Scotlandat Edinburgh in 2018.
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Rizwan is also the first Pakistani wicket-keeper and the only 2nd cricketerafter Ahmed Shahzad to post a three-figure T20I score against his name.
Since the start of January 2020, Rizwan has now eight scores of 50 or more(including two 100s), across all three formats in international cricket.
