Babar Azam
Pakistan team is currently on tour to Ireland. A three-match T20 series is being played between the two teams. In the first match of this series, Pakistan team had to face a crushing defeat. With Pakistan’s defeat, Ireland is ahead 1-0 in the series. Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Babar Azam has made a big record in his name in this lost match. No captain in the world has been able to achieve this position yet. Babar Azam has become the first player to do so. In such a situation, let us know what that record is.
Babar Azam’s big feat
As soon as Pakistan captain Babar Azam came on the field to captain against Ireland, he has become the player to captain the most number of matches in T20 International. Babar Azam has captained Pakistan in 77 T20 International matches. He has defeated former Australian captain Aaron Finch in this matter. Finch took retirement from international cricket in the year 2022. At that time he captained Australia in 76 T20 International matches. Babar will go much further in this matter. Actually, Babar has to captain Pakistan in two T20 International matches against Ireland and four against England. The Pakistan team will play in the T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Babar.
Players who captained the most number of T20 International matches
- Babar Azam – 77 matches
- Aaron Finch – 76 matches
- MS Dhoni – 72 matches
- Eoin Morgan – 72 matches
- Kane Williamson – 71 matches
How was the situation of Ireland vs Pakistan match?
In the first match of the T20 series played between Pakistan and Ireland, Pakistan team had to face defeat by 5 wickets. Due to the defeat in this match, many questions have been raised on the World Cup preparations of the Pakistani team. This is also Pakistan’s first defeat against Ireland in this format. In this match, Pakistan team batted first and scored 182 runs in 20 overs, which Ireland team achieved in 19.5 overs at the loss of 5 wickets.
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