HOBART: Babar Azam of Pakistan overtook Virat Kohli of India on Monday to secure the second-highest run-scoring position in the history of the men’s T20 Internationals.
The former captain accomplished this distinction by scoring 41 runs in the third and last Twenty20 International of the three-match series against Australia at Bellerive Oval.
After defeating the visitors in the last match, Australia thrashed Pakistan to win the T20I series 3-0.
Rohit Sharma, the former Indian captain, is still leading with 4,231 runs, while Babar now has 4,192 runs in the format, four more than Kohli’s 4,188.
Additionally, Sharma and Kohli ended their T20I careers after the Pakistani star needed 40 more runs to become the all-time top scorer.
