KARACHI: In-form Mohammad Rizwan thanked the Almighty on Friday after hehelped Pakistan win the first T20 against South Africa at Lahore’s GaddafiStadium.
Mohammad Rizwan took to Twitter and shared a verse of the Holy Quran fromSurah Ar-Rahman, “So which of the favours of your Lord would you deny?”
Rizwan has been receiving praise for his responsible innings in the seriesopener without which Pakistan could not have gone 1-0 in the T20I seriesagainst South Africa.
He became the first-ever Pakistani wicket-keeper to score a century inT20Is and also the second wicket-keeper batsman in the world to score a 100in all three formats of international cricket.
The 28-year old cricketer scored an unbeaten 104 off 64 deliveries in thematch. His innings included 7 sixes, which is the highest by a Pakistanibatsman in T20Is. The previous record was held by Mohammad Hafeez and AhmedShahzad, both of whom had smashed 6 sixes in an innings on differentoccasions.
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He also posted a highest individual score in T20Is by a Pakistaniwicket-keeper batsman, surpassing Sarfaraz Ahmed who had earlier scored 89*against Scotland at Edinburgh in 2018.
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.
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