In the second match of the series, which took place on Saturday in Lahore, Babar struck a blistering century to propel the hosts to 192 for four.
Babar Azam made just nine runs in his record-breaking 100th T20I appearance against New Zealand in the series’s opening match.
However, on Saturday in the second match of the series at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, the Pakistan captain made a stunning century to lead the hosts to 192 for four.
What’s more, with that thump, Babar crushed Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s stunning numbers in T20 cricket.
Pakistan had an extremely useful powerplay where Babar permitted Mohammad Rizwan to prosper with his 20-ball 32 while he oversaw 26 off 16.
After the midway imprint in the innings, Pakistan was decreased to 4 down in a space of only 13 balls where Matt Henry had struck two times in sequential balls.
After Babar reached the age of fifty, he quickly switched gears to deal with boundaries. Iftikhar Ahmed helped him out well in his 19th ball.
The two of them put together an 87-run stand before Babar scored his third T20I century with a smashing boundary over cover in the final ball of the innings.
Babar set a new T20I world record for the most hundreds in the format as a captain, surpassing India skipper Rohit Sharma with the ton, all of which came while he was in charge of Pakistan’s T20I team.
In general, he stands joint second close by Glenn Maxwell, Colin Munro, and Suryakumar Yadav for most T20I tons with Rohit driving the diagram with four such thumps.
It was likewise his 10th 100 years in T20 cricket, which just places him behind West Indies legend Chris Gayle. Six of those came during his captaincy residency in the arrangement, which is the second best in the configuration after Australia’s Michael Klinger (7).
Babar is now ahead of Kohli and Faf du Plessis, who each have five such scores.
Pakistan prevailed by 38 runs in the second T20I match in Lahore thanks to Babar’s score and Haris Rauf’s economical four-wicket haul.