PAK vs NZ: Pakistan's white ball skipper Babar Azam is very close to surpassing Imran Khan?s record of becoming the most successful skipper in the history of the Shaheens in terms of highest number of victories.



The 29 year old with 79 victories next to his name as a captain recently overtook Wasim Akram and became the second most successful skipper in the history of Pakistan Cricket following the Men in Green's victory against New Zealand in the second T20i of the five match series.



Imran Khan, who led the Shaheens to their first and only World Cup victory in 1992 after defeating England in the final at Melbourne?s iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), is currently leading the list in terms of the captain with the highest number of wins for Pakistan with 89 victories in 187 games.



Fast bowler Wasim Akram, who is the third most successful skipper after Babar Azam and Imran Khan, captained the Shaheens in two World Cup campaigns, 1999 and 2003 respectively. The Men in Green came close winnings their second World Cup in 1999 but were defeated by the mighty Aussies in the final.



The duo of Misbah - ul - Haq and Inzamam - ul - Haq are at the fourth and the fifth spots while Sarfaraz who led Pakistan to their maiden ICC Champions Trophy victory in 2017, is the sixth most successful Pakistan skipper in terms of wins with 61 victories in 100 games next to his name.



Pakistani skippers with the highest number of wins:



1. Imran Khan - 187 games, 89 victories, 67 defeats.



2. Babar Azam - 136 games, 79 victories, 44 defeats.



3. Wasim Akram - 134 games, 78 victories, 49 defeats.



4. Misbah - ul - Haq - 151 games, 77 victories, 60 defeats.



5. Inzamam - ul - Haq - 119 games, 63 wins, 44 defeats.



Babar Azam was recently reappointed as the Pakistan?s white ball skipper on 31st March following a meeting with Mohsin Naqvi- chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.



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Along with the newly appointed selection committee, Mohsin Naqvi saw Babar as the best possible candidate to lead Pakistan in this year's 2024 T20 World Cup.



Post the conclusion of the 2023 ODI World Cup, Azam was removed from his captaincy duties across all formats of the game and Shaheen Shah Afridi was handed the leadership duties of the Shaheens for T20 internationals and Shan Masood became the Men in Green's Test Skipper.



Shaheen Afridi?s only assignment as a captain was the T20i series against New Zealand in January 2024. The Men in Green lost the series by a margin of 1-4 which created doubts regarding the seamers ability as a skipper.



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PAK vs NZ: Babar Azam on the verge of breaking Imran Khan's?record

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Pakistani skipper Babar Azam is on the verge of becoming the most successful skipper in the history of T20 International Cricket. The 29-year-old needs to win just one more game to achieve this feat and leapfrog Uganda?s Brian Masaba.



With Shaheens set to play a total of seven T20 International games against Ireland and England ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup, Babar's chances of becoming the most successful captain in T20i Cricket are pretty high.



Captains with the highest number of victories in T20 Internationals:



1 . Babar Azam - 44 victories in 76 games



2 . Brian Masaba - 44 victories in 56 games



3 . Asghar Afghan - 42 victories in 72 games



Babar Azam is also close to achieving another milestone in the shortest format of the game as he has the opportunity to surpass the Indian duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in terms of the highest number of runs scored by a player in T20 Internationals.



Babar has currently scored 3,823 runs in the shortest format of the game and is the third-highest run-getter in T20i Cricket.



Virat Kohli is the highest run-getter with 4,037 runs next to his name in 109 innings while Rohit is second on the list with 3,974 runs.



Highest run-getters in T20 Internationals:



1 . Virat Kohli - 4,037 runs in 109 innings



2 . Rohit Sharma - 3,974 runs in 143 innings



3 . Babar Azam - 3,823 runs in 107 innings



The Men in Green are going to play three T20i games against Ireland and four against England before the 2024 T20 World Cup and these games will provide a really good opportunity to Azam to overtake the Indian duo of Virat and Rohit.



The 29-year-old Pakistani captain needs just 151 runs to match the runs scored by Rohit while 215 runs will help him overtake Kohli as the highest run scorer in the shortest format of the game.



Earlier today, the Men in Green left for Ireland?s Dublin, from the city of Lahore via UAE?s Dubai.



The PCB has already announced an 18-player squad for the England and Ireland series and the squad will be shortened to 15 players for the upcoming T20 World Cup following the conclusion of the first T20 International against England on 22nd May.



Pakistan's Squad For The England and Ireland Series:



Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam (Captain), Fakhar Zaman, Azam Khan (WK), Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Imad Wasim, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Irfan Khan Niazi, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Saim Ayub, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Usman Khan.



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Babar Azam on the verge of surpassing Kohli and Rohit in T20i Cricket

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Pakistan's skipper Babar Azam played a brilliant knock of 75 runs in 42 balls against Ireland in the third T20 International in the city of Dublin and this fifty meant that the 29 year old brought up his 39th Fifty plus score in T20 Internationals.



Having scored fifty plus runs 39 times, Babar now holds the record of the most 50+ scores in T20i Cricket (36 half centuries + three centuries).



Batters with the highest number of 50+ scores in T20 Internationals (Including hundreds):



Babar Azam - 39



Virat Kohli - 38



Rohit Sharma - 34



Mohammad Rizwan - 29



The Shaheens defeated Ireland by six wickets in the third game at Dublin's Clontarf Cricket Club Stadium and this win helped them to win the three match T20i series by a margin of 2-1.



After facing a humiliating defeat in the first match by five wickets, Pakistan made a strong comeback in the series as they won the remaining two T20i's in a dominating fashion.



Chasing a total of 179 runs in the third and the final T20i, the Shaheens once again got off to a poor start as opener Saim Ayung got dismissed with a score of just 14 runs.



However, the duo of skipper Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan ensured that the Shaheens stayed in the game as they stitched a partnership of 139 runs for the second wicket which not only helped the visitors seal the series but they also wrote their names in the record books. The duo of Rizwan and Babar became the first batting pair to score 3000 partnership - runs. While doing so, the duo also became the first batting - pair to get involved in 10 century partnerships in the shortest format of the game. India's duo of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma are second on the list with five century stands.



 Following the dismissals of Babar Azam (75 runs in 42 balls) and Mohammad Rizwan (56 runs in 38 balls), Wicketkeeper batsman Azam Khan (18 runs in 6 balls) took matters into his own hands and helped the Shaheens get over the line as the 2022 T20 World Cup runners up chased down the target of 179 runs in 17 overs.



Earlier in the first inning, the Babar Azam led team restricted Ireland to a decent score of 178-7 in 20 overs after the hosts got off to a really strong start in their batting inning.



Left arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi won the player of the match award for his outstanding spell of 3-14 in four overs.

Babar Azam breaks Virat Kohli's record in T20I Cricket

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T20 World Cup 2024: Pakistan's Men's National Cricket Team skipper Babar Azam created a world record in his team's final T20 World Cup 2024 Group A fixture against Ireland in Florida's Lauderhill on Sunday as he surpassed former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and became the player with the highest number of runs scored as a captain in the history of ICC T20 World Cups.?



The 29 year old played an amazing unbeaten inning of 32 runs in 34 deliveries and this inning helped him go past Dhoni tally of 529 runs in the T20 World Cup's history.&nbsp;



List of players who have scored the highest number of runs as a captain in T20 World Cups



1. Babar Azam - 549 runs in 17 innings



2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 529 runs in 29 innings



3. Kane Williamson - 527 runs in 19 innings



4. Mahela Jayawardene - 360 runs in 11 innings



5. Graeme Smith - 352 runs in 16 innings



It's worth noting that Pakistan defeated Paul Stirling's Ireland by a margin of three wickets in their final fixture of the 2024 T20 World Cup at Lauderhill's Central Broward Regional Park Stadium on Sunday.&nbsp;



The low scoring thriller came to an end in the 19th over of the Pakistani inning as Shaheen Shah Afridi hit a maximum off the bowling of Gareth Delany and took his team over the line and helped the Shaheens end their below par T20 World Cup 2024 campaign on a positive note.&nbsp;



Chasing a target of 107 runs, the Green Shirts, despite getting off to a decent start with the bat, made things tough for themselves as they kept on losing - wickets at crucial intervals of the match. Both the openers, Mohammad Rizwan (17 runs in 16 balls) and Saim Ayub (17 runs in 17 balls) got dismissed in the first six overs of the Pakistani inning.&nbsp;



The middle order of the Babar Azam-led team failed to get going once again as the trio of Usman Khan (2 runs in 3 balls), Fakhar Zaman (5 runs in 9 balls), Imad Wasim (4 runs in 6 balls) and Shadab Khan (0 runs in 2 balls) got dismissed cheaply.&nbsp;



Bowling All-Rounder Abbas Afridi gave the Shaheens a much needed breakthrough as he smashed a huge six and a good looking four during his inning of 17 runs which helped his team get closer to chasing down the target of 107 runs.&nbsp;



Captain Babar Azam was the top scorer for the Green Shirts with his match winning inning of 32 runs while Shaheen Shah Afridi played a good supporting role with the bat as he scored 13 runs in five balls and also picked up three wickets for just 22 runs which helped him to become the man of the match as well.&nbsp;



Earlier in the game, a really dominating performance by the Pakistani bowling unit got the better of the entire Irish batting unit as the trio of Mohammad Amir, Imad Wasim and Shaheen Shah Afridi restricted the Paul Stirling-led team to a below par total of 106 runs.&nbsp;

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