Pakistan captain Babar Azam’s 50 against Australia at Canberra on 05.11.19 was in a losing cause to provide the 68^th occasion of a captain’s fifty in a losing cause in the history of Twenty20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	61	1	RSA	NZl	Johannesburg	21 Oct 2005
2	PD Collingwood	79	2	Eng	Win	The Oval	28 Jun 2007
3	CH Gayle	61	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	29 Jun 2007
4	RT Ponting	76	1	Aus	Ind	Mumbai (BS)	20 Oct 2007
5	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	10 Feb 2009
6	BB McCullum	57	2	NZl	RSA	Lord’s	09 Jun 2009
7	Younis Khan	50	2	Pak	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2009
8	CH Gayle	63*	2	Win	Srl	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
9	KC Sangakkara	64*	1	Srl	Pak	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
10	KC Sangakkara	69	2	Srl	NZl	Colombo (RPS)	04 Sep 2009
11	KC Sangakkara	59	1	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
12	A Bagai	53	1	Can	Afg	Colombo (SSC)	04 Feb 2010
13	BRM Taylor	50*	1	Zim	NZl	Harare	15 Oct 2011
14	BRM Taylor	75*	1	Zim	NZl	Hamilton	14 Feb 2012
15	CO Obuya	50	2	Ken	Sco	ICCA Dubai	13 Mar 2012
16	KJ Coetzer	62	2	Sco	Ire	Dubai (DSC)	18 Mar 2012
17	GJ Bailey	63	2	Aus	Win	Colombo (RPS)	05 Oct 2012
18	F du Plessis	63	1	RSA	NZl	East London	23 Dec 2012
19	Mohammad Hafeez	55	2	Pak	Ind	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012
20	MR Swart	89	1	Net	Ken	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
21	F du Plessis	85	1	RSA	Srl	Hambantota	06 Aug 2013
22	Mushfiqur Rahim	50	2	Ban	NZl	Dhaka	06 Nov 2013
23	A Bagai	67*	2	Can	Ire	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2013
24	BRM Taylor	59	1	Zim	Ire	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
25	F du Plessis	58	1	RSA	Ind	Dhaka	04 Apr 2014
26	F du Plessis	119	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
27	E Chigumbura	54	1	Zim	Pak	Lahore	22 May 2015
28	PL Mommsen	68*	2	Sco	Net	Edinburgh	11 Jul 2015
29	WTS Porterfield	57*	1	Ire	PNG	Belfast	15 Jul 2015
30	SPD Smith	90	2	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
31	Asghar Afghan	51	1	Afg	HKG	Abu Dhabi	28 Nov 2015
32	KS Williamson	70	2	NZl	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
33	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
34	Tanwir Afzal	56	2	HKG	Sco	Mong Kok	31 Jan 2016
35	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
36	PL Mommsen	56	2	Sco	UAE	ICCA Dubai	04 Feb 2016
37	WTS Porterfield	72	2	Ire	UAE	Abu Dhabi	16 Feb 2016
38	LD Chandimal	58	1	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	04 Mar 2016
39	F du Plessis	79	1	RSA	Aus	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016
40	Asghar Afghan	62	1	Afg	Srl	Kolkata	17 Mar 2016
41	AD Mathews	73*	2	Srl	Eng	Delhi	26 Mar 2016
42	LD Chandimal	58	2	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Sep 2016
43	Rohan Mustafa	58	2	UAE	Afg	ICCA Dubai	18 Dec 2016
44	AB de Villiers	65*	1	RSA	Eng	Southampton	21 Jun 2017
45	V Kohli	65	2	Ind	NZl	Rajkot	04 Nov 2017
46	JP Duminy	55	2	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	24 Feb 2018
47	NLTC Perera	58	1	Srl	Ban	Colombo (RPS)	16 Mar 2018
48	AJ Finch	84	2	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	27 Jun 2018
49	NLTC Perera	57	2	Srl	Eng	Colombo (RPS)	27 Oct 2018
50	KS Williamson	60	2	NZl	Pak	Dubai (DSC)	04 Nov 2018
51	Shakib Al Hasan	61	1	Ban	Win	Sylhet	17 Dec 2018
52	PR Stirling	56	1	Ire	Sco	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
53	PR Stirling	91	2	Ire	Afg	Dehradun	23 Feb 2019
54	V Kohli	72*	1	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2019
55	J Butler	65*	1	Gue	Jer	Castel	15 Jun 2019
56	DP Michael	55*	2	Sam	Van	Apia (No 3)	12 Jul 2019
57	NG Collins	53	2	Fin	Den	Brondby	13 Jul 2019
58	Muhammad Kashif	51	2	Kuw	Mal	Singapore	22 Jul 2019
59	NG Collins	56	1	Fin	Spa	Kerava	18 Aug 2019
60	K Motlhanka	59	2	Bots	Nam	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
61	PM Seelaar	96*	2	Net	Sco	Dublin (Malahide)	16 Sep 2019
62	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019
63	RD Berrington	76	2	Sco	Ire	Dublin (Malahide)	20 Sep 2019
64	TH David	64*	1	SGP	Nep	Singapore	28 Sep 2019
65	SC Williams	66	2	Zim	Sin	Singapore	29 Sep 2019
66	Zeeshan Maqsood	56	2	Oman	Jer	Abu Dhabi	27 Oct 2019
67	MG Erasmus	51	2	Nam	Ire	Dubai (DSC)	02 Nov 2019
68	Babar Azam	50	1	Pak	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019

It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan captain’s fifty in a losing cause in a T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Younis Khan	50	2	Pak	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2009
2	Mohammad Hafeez	55	2	Pak	Ind	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012
3	Babar Azam	50	1	Pak	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019

It also provides the fourth occasion of a captain’s fifty in a losing cause in a T20I against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	F du Plessis	79	1	RSA	Aus	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016
2	LD Chandimal	58	2	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Sep 2016
3	V Kohli	72*	1	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2019
4	Babar Azam	50	1	Pak	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019

F du Plessis of South Africa {05}, BRM Taylor of Zimbabwe {03} and KC Sangakkara of Sri Lanka {03} are the three captains in the history of T20Is to witness three or more fifties in a losing cause. The following table lists the fifties by these three batsmen’s fifties in a losing cause

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	F du Plessis	63	1	RSA	NZl	East London	23 Dec 2012
2	F du Plessis	85	1	RSA	Srl	Hambantota	06 Aug 2013
3	F du Plessis	58	1	RSA	Ind	Dhaka	04 Apr 2014
4	F du Plessis	119	1	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
5	F du Plessis	79	1	RSA	Aus	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016
1	BRM Taylor	50*	1	Zim	NZl	Harare	15 Oct 2011
2	BRM Taylor	75*	1	Zim	NZl	Hamilton	14 Feb 2012
3	BRM Taylor	59	1	Zim	Ire	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
1	KC Sangakkara	64*	1	Srl	Pak	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
2	KC Sangakkara	69	2	Srl	NZl	Colombo (RPS)	04 Sep 2009
3	KC Sangakkara	59	1	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009