Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan becomes the first wicket keeper batsman to score twenty fifties in Twenty20 Internationals.
Mohammad Rizwan’s 63 against England at Lahore in the fifth T20I on 28 Sep 2022 was his 20th fifty as a wicket keeper batsman. He became the first wicket keeper batsman to score 20 fifties as a wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is and remains the only wicket keeper batsman in T20Is to achieve the feat as on date. All his 20 fifties are tabulated below.
No | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | 89 | 2 | v New Zealand | Napier | 22 Dec 2020 |
2 | 104* | 1 | v South Africa | Lahore | 11 Feb 2021 |
3 | 51 | 1 | v South Africa | Lahore | 13 Feb 2021 |
4 | 74* | 2 | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 10 Apr 2021 |
5 | 73* | 2 | v South Africa | Centurion | 14 Apr 2021 |
6 | 82* | 1 | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 21 Apr 2021 |
7 | 63 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | 16 Jul 2021 |
8 | 76* | 1 | v England | Manchester | 20 Jul 2021 |
9 | 79* | 2 | v India | Dub-DSC | 24 Oct 2021 |
10 | 79* | 1 | v Namibia | Abu Dhabi | 02 Nov 2021 |
11 | 67 | 1 | v Australia | Dub-DSC | 11 Nov 2021 |
12 | 78 | 1 | v West Indies | Karachi | 13 Dec 2021 |
13 | 87 | 2 | v West Indies | Karachi | 16 Dec 2021 |
14 | 78* | 1 | v Hong Kong | Sharjah | 02 Sep 2022 |
15 | 71 | 2 | v India | Dub-DSC | 04 Sep 2022 |
16 | 55 | 2 | v Sri Lanka | Dub-DSC | 11 Sep 2022 |
17 | 68 | 1 | v England | Karachi | 20 Sep 2022 |
18 | 88* | 2 | v England | Karachi | 22 Sep 2022 |
19 | 88 | 1 | v England | Karachi | 25 Sep 2022 |
20 | 63 | 1 | v England | Lahore | 28 Sep 2022 |
His run aggregate in T20Is as a wicket keeper batsman read 2117 as at the end of the fifth T20I against England at Lahore on 28 Sep 2022. He is the second wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is to amass 2000 plus runs after JC Buttler of England. JC Buttler has an aggregate of 2119 runs.
Mohammad Rizwan needs three more runs which would fetch him 2120 runs and own the record for most runs by a wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is.
Mohammad Rizwan’s 63 against England at Lahore in the fifth T20I on 28 Sep 2022 was his sixth fifty as a wicket keeper batsman against England. He became the first wicket keeper batsman to score six fifties as a wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is against England and remains the only wicket keeper batsman in T20Is to achieve the feat as on date. All his six fifties are tabulated below.
No | Runs | I | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
1 | 63 | 1 | v England | Nottingham | 16 Jul 2021 |
2 | 76* | 1 | v England | Manchester | 20 Jul 2021 |
3 | 68 | 1 | v England | Karachi | 20 Sep 2022 |
4 | 88* | 2 | v England | Karachi | 22 Sep 2022 |
5 | 88 | 1 | v England | Karachi | 25 Sep 2022 |
6 | 63 | 1 | v England | Lahore | 28 Sep 2022 |
His run aggregate in T20Is as a wicket keeper batsman read 515 as at the end of the fifth T20I against England at Lahore on 28 Sep 2022. He is the only wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is to amass 500 plus runs against England as on date.