LAHORE: The star batsman of the Pakistan cricket team, Babar Azam, has crossed another barrier in T20 International and has taken the record of most 50+ innings in the format scored by India’s Virat Kohli.
Babar this year accomplished this unforgettable event when he played in the last T20 match of the series against the South Africans in Lahore. The Pakistani skipper made a fantastic 51 runs in 36 balls, which was his 40th half-century in T20 Internationals and thus, broke the record that Kohli held for a long time.
🚨 @babarazam258 notches his 4️⃣0️⃣th fifty-plus score in T20Is – most for any batter in the format 🌟#PAKvSA | #GreenPeYaqeen | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/KGAkUuQoU1
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) November 1, 2025
It should also be noted that Babar Azam was not part of the T20 setup after the series against South Africa provided the last chance for the Pakistan team last December. Still, the management decided to include him for the home T20 series against South Africa after the team’s very disappointing showing in the Asia Cup 2025.
Babar’s new achievement brought to light his dominance once again in the shortest version of cricket and, consequently, his recognition as one of the best T20 players in the world was corroborated.
Pakistan seals T20 series with a thrilling 4-wicket win over South Africa
Pakistan clinched the T20 series by winning two games out of three following a nail-biting 4-wicket triumph over South Africa in the last T20 at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Saturday.
Babar Azam was the man of the match by any measure as he made 68 runs off 47 balls, and he was the very essence of the chase captaincy with total control and confidence. Salam Ali Agha was the perfect partner with 33 runs where as Sahi bzada Farhan made 19 runs. The middle order of Mohammad Nawaz and Saim Ayub were both dismissed for zero, and Hassan Nawaz made 5 runs.
While Corbin Bosch and Liza Dolimz were the two great South African bowlers, each with a couple wickets, the pair could do little to stop Pakistan going after their target gradually.
At the beginning of the game, South Africa took the 20 overs to set a target score of 139 for 9 wickets. Reza Hendricks was the main man for the Proteas with 34 runs and after him Corbin Bosch (30), Donovan Ferreira (29), and David Brevis (21) also chipped in contributions.
On the other side, Pakistan’s bowling team performed at their best. Shaheen Shah Afridi was the main person behind the attack line and took three wickets. Usman Tariq and Faheem Ashraf, who both took two wickets each, were also very effective in the additional part of the top-order South Africa’s dismissal, thereby the total was limited.
Pakistan had already demonstrated their superiority by winning the second game of the series effortlessly with a 9-wicket victory against South Africa. South Africa managed to score only 110 runs in 19.2 overs while Pakistan chased down the target of 111 runs in 13.1 overs with one wicket down.
