ISLAMABAD – Pakistan makes history in the world of T20 InternationalCricket with most number of matches and the most victories in the shortestformat of cricket.
Pakistan is the first team to have played 150 T20 internationals. Today’sno result against Bangladesh, finishing the 3-match series with 2-0, wasPakistan’s 152nd match
India is at the second in terms of most number of matches with 131, NewZealand is next with 128 whereas Sri Lanka has played 126 matches till date.
Here are the top 8:
1. Pakistan – 152 2. India – 131 3. New Zealand – 128 4. Sri Lanka -126 5. Australia – 122 6. West Indies – 122 7. South Africa – 115 8. England – 114
Interestingly, and opposite to the general belief, Pakistan is officiallythe most successful cricket team in the shortest format of the game. TheGreen Shirts have a stellar success rate with 61.18% winning record havingwon 93 whereas they suffered losses on 57 occasions.——————————
Pakistan’s first-ever T20I came in 2006 against England, a fixture whichInzamam-ul-Haq led side won by 5 wickets.
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Here’s Pakistan’s record against all the teams:OppositionMatWonLostTiedTie+WTie+LNRWin %Afghanistan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100.00Australia 23 12 9 0 1 0 1 56.81Bangladesh 13 10 2 0 0 0 1 76.92Canada 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100.00England 15 4 10 0 0 1 0 30.00India 8 1 6 0 0 1 0 18.75Ireland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100.00Kenya 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100.00Netherlands 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100.00New Zealand 21 13 8 0 0 0 0 61.90Scotland 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 100.00South Africa 14 6 8 0 0 0 0 42.85Sri Lanka 21 13 8 0 0 0 0 61.90United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 100.00West Indies 14 11 3 0 0 0 0 78.57World-XI 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 66.66Zimbabwe 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 100.00
Pakistan have played the most number of games against Australia with 23matches. Pakistan and India have faced each other only 8 times with theGreen Shirts having a poor winning percentage of only 18.75%.
The Men in Green have made it to finals twice and as many semi-finals inICC World T20s, having been crowned as champions in 2009.
A total of 71 countries have played T20 international cricket following achange in ICC’s rule which recognized all the 20-over matches betweennations as international games.
Babar Azam’s men are currently at the top of ICC T20I rankings with 270points with Australia trailing closely behind with 269 points.
