Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan now has the fourth-highest batting average in the country’s history.
Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan now has the fourth-highest batting average in the country’s history.: Sunday’s high-stakes match between Pakistan and India in the Asia Cup 2022 saw Pakistan’s opening batsman Mohammad Rizwan score a ferocious 43 off of just 42 balls. The right-hand batter notched up four fours, and a six before Hardik Pandya’s short ball ploy ended his stint in the batting crease. In spite of this, Rizwan moved up the scoring records to become Pakistan’s fourth-highest run-getter in T20 internationals as a direct result of his knock. Let us help you decode his stats.
Rizwan beats Umar Akmal, AB de Villiers’ ranking
After scoring 43 runs, Rizwan brought his total for Twenty20 Internationals to 1,705 runs. He passed Umar Akmal (1,690) to become Pakistan’s fourth-highest run-scorer in the format, surpassing him by one spot. In terms of his ranking, he is fourth after Babar Azam (2,696), Mohammed Hafeez (2,514), and Shoaib Malik (2,423). According to ESPNcricinfo, Rizwan has also managed to surpass the number of runs scored by the former South African batsman AB de Villiers in Twenty20 Internationals (1,672).
Rizwan’s T20I career
Rizwan, who made his first appearance in the format in 2015, currently has 1,705 runs across 57 total matches. He has a staggering average of 50.14 and has reached a rate of 128.00. He has scored a hundred (104*) and thirteen fifties in his career. Rizwan has smashed 434 runs when batting at home at an average of 62.00. In the meantime, he has hammered 917 runs at away venues and 354 runs at neutral sites, averaging 45.85 and 50.57 runs per game, respectively.
Rizwan has an incredible T20 batting average of 55.43
In the 20-overs format played in 2022, Rizwan has been the dominant player. The Pakistani run machine has been extremely productive, scoring 887 runs over the course of 21 matches at an impressive average of 55.43. He has scored in the fifties ten times, with his best score being an 83*. Rizwan has only participated in two Twenty20 Internationals, and he has scored 66 runs while averaging 33.00.
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