Pakistani wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan becomes the first batter to set a world record of 2000 runs in the final T20 series on Thursday. After a back-to-back win in the T20 series, Pakistan knocks West Indies by seven wickets in the finals, sweeping the series 3-0, held in the Karachi National Stadium. Opening players Captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan laid a strong foundation of 60 runs in the first six overs.
Winning the toss to bat first, West Indies scored a whooping 207 runs. Trailing down this score, team Pakistan beat this target with seven balls to spare. Rizwan stole the limelight by slamming 86 runs off just 45 balls, along with setting a ‘world-record’ of being the first batter to score 2000 T20 runs in a year, beating earlier record holder Chris Gayle (1665 runs).
With the year coming to an end, this Pakistani player’s game has been phenomenal. In October, Rizwan became the first batsman to smash 1000 runs in T20 Internationals. He is also the highest run-getter of 2021, with 119 fours, 42 sixes, an average of over 73 in 29 matches and a strike rate of 134. Rizwan has scored 1293 runs in 26 T20 International innings for Pakistan out of 2000 runs.
Added to Rizwan’s achievements, the Babar-Rizwan duo outshined the Indian openers, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma, with a tally of six 100-plus runs, stand in T20Is, latter holding a record of five. Meanwhile, after this T20 series, the ODIs between Pakistan and West Indies has been postponed until June 2022 since nine members of the visiting squad tested positive for Covid-19.
