Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.10.22 in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand to provide his 30th fifty in T20Is. He became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to score 30 fifties. Others are – V Kohli {34} and RG Sharma {32}. The following table lists the 30 fifties scored by Babar Azam.
No
Player
Team
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
C
HC
50+
1
V Kohli
Ind
109
101
28
3712
122*
50.84
1
33
34
2
RG Sharma
Ind
142
134
17
3737
118
31.94
4
28
32
3
Babar Azam
Pak
89
84
13
3140
122
44.22
2
28
30
No
Runs
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
55*
2
v West Indies
Dub-DSC
23 Sep 2016
2
86
1
v World-XI
Lahore
12 Sep 2017
3
50*
1
v New Zealand
Auckland
25 Jan 2018
4
97*
1
v West Indies
Karachi
02 Apr 2018
5
51
2
v West Indies
Karachi
03 Apr 2018
6
68*
1
v Australia
Abu Dhabi
24 Oct 2018
7
50
1
v Australia
Dub-DSC
28 Oct 2018
8
79
1
v New Zealand
Dub-DSC
04 Nov 2018
9
90
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
03 Feb 2019
10
65
1
v England
Cardiff
05 May 2019
11
59*
1
v Australia
Sydney
03 Nov 2019
12
50
1
v Australia
Canberra
05 Nov 2019
13
66*
2
v Bangladesh
Lahore
25 Jan 2020
14
56
1
v England
Manchester
30 Aug 2020
15
82
2
v Zimbabwe
Rawalpindi
07 Nov 2020
16
51
2
v Zimbabwe
Rawalpindi
08 Nov 2020
17
50
1
v South Africa
Johannesburg
12 Apr 2021
18
122
2
v South Africa
Centurion
14 Apr 2021
19
52
1
v Zimbabwe
Harare
25 Apr 2021
20
85
1
v England
Nottingham
16 Jul 2021
21
51
1
v West Indies
Providence
31 Jul 2021
22
68*
2
v India
Dub-DSC
24 Oct 2021
23
51
2
v Afghanistan
Dub-DSC
29 Oct 2021
24
70
1
v Namibia
Abu Dhabi
02 Nov 2021
25
66
1
v Scotland
Sharjah
07 Nov 2021
26
79
2
v West Indies
Karachi
16 Dec 2021
27
66
1
v Australia
Lahore
05 Apr 2022
28
110*
2
v England
Karachi
22 Sep 2022
29
87*
1
v England
Lahore
30 Sep 2022
30
79*
2
v New Zealand
Ch’church
08 Oct 2022
Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.10.22 in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand to provide his 24th fifty in T20Is as an opening batsman. He occupies the second place in the list of opening batsmen who have scored most fifties in T20Is. The first place is occupied by RG Sharma of India. RG Sharma has scored 27 fifties while opening the innings for India. The following table lists the 24 fifties scored by Babar Azam as an opening batsman.
No
Player
Team
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
C
HC
50+
1
RG Sharma
Ind
108
107
7
3256
118
32.56
4
23
27
2
Babar Azam
Pak
64
63
8
2366
122
43.01
2
22
24
No
Runs
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Dat
1
97*
1
v West Indies
Karachi
02 Apr 2018
2
51
2
v West Indies
Karachi
03 Apr 2018
3
68*
1
v Australia
Abu Dhabi
24 Oct 2018
4
50
1
v Australia
Dub-DSC
28 Oct 2018
5
79
1
v New Zealand
Dub-DSC
04 Nov 2018
6
90
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
03 Feb 2019
7
65
1
v England
Cardiff
05 May 2019
8
59*
1
v Australia
Sydney
03 Nov 2019
9
50
1
v Australia
Canberra
05 Nov 2019
10
66*
2
v Bangladesh
Lahore
25 Jan 2020
11
56
1
v England
Manchester
30 Aug 2020
12
82
2
v Zimbabwe
Rawalpindi
07 Nov 2020
13
51
2
v Zimbabwe
Rawalpindi
08 Nov 2020
14
122
2
v South Africa
Centurion
14 Apr 2021
15
85
1
v England
Nottingham
16 Jul 2021
16
68*
2
v India
Dub-DSC
24 Oct 2021
17
51
2
v Afghanistan
Dub-DSC
29 Oct 2021
18
70
1
v Namibia
Abu Dhabi
02 Nov 2021
19
66
1
v Scotland
Sharjah
07 Nov 2021
20
79
2
v West Indies
Karachi
16 Dec 2021
21
66
1
v Australia
Lahore
05 Apr 2022
22
110*
2
v England
Karachi
22 Sep 2022
23
87*
1
v England
Lahore
30 Sep 2022
24
79*
2
v New Zealand
Ch’church
08 Oct 2022
Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.10.22 in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand to provide his 22nd half century in T20Is as an opening batsman. He shares the second place in the list of opening batsmen who have scored most half centuries in T20Is with DA Warner of Australia. DA Warner has also scored 22 half centuries as an opening batsman in T20Is The first place is occupied by RG Sharma of India. RG Sharma has scored 23 half centuries while opening the innings. The following table lists the 22 half centuries scored by Babar Azam as an opening batsman.
No
Player
Team
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
C
HC
50+
1
RG Sharma
Ind
108
107
7
3256
118
32.56
4
23
27
2
Babar Azam
Pak
64
63
8
2366
122
43.01
2
22
24
3
DA Warner
Aus
86
86
11
2605
100*
34.03
1
22
23
No
Runs
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Dat
1
97*
1
v West Indies
Karachi
02 Apr 2018
2
51
2
v West Indies
Karachi
03 Apr 2018
3
68*
1
v Australia
Abu Dhabi
24 Oct 2018
4
50
1
v Australia
Dub-DSC
28 Oct 2018
5
79
1
v New Zealand
Dub-DSC
04 Nov 2018
6
90
2
v South Africa
Johannesburg
03 Feb 2019
7
65
1
v England
Cardiff
05 May 2019
8
59*
1
v Australia
Sydney
03 Nov 2019
9
50
1
v Australia
Canberra
05 Nov 2019
10
66*
2
v Bangladesh
Lahore
25 Jan 2020
11
56
1
v England
Manchester
30 Aug 2020
12
82
2
v Zimbabwe
Rawalpindi
07 Nov 2020
13
51
2
v Zimbabwe
Rawalpindi
08 Nov 2020
14
85
1
v England
Nottingham
16 Jul 2021
15
68*
2
v India
Dub-DSC
24 Oct 2021
16
51
2
v Afghanistan
Dub-DSC
29 Oct 2021
17
70
1
v Namibia
Abu Dhabi
02 Nov 2021
18
66
1
v Scotland
Sharjah
07 Nov 2021
19
79
2
v West Indies
Karachi
16 Dec 2021
20
66
1
v Australia
Lahore
05 Apr 2022
21
87*
1
v England
Lahore
30 Sep 2022
22
79*
2
v New Zealand
Ch’church
08 Oct 2022
Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.10.22 in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand to provide his 20th fifty as captain in T20Is. He became the first captain in the history of T20Is to score 20 fifties. The following table lists the 20 fifties scored by Babar Azam while leading Pakistan.
No
Player
Team
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
C
HC
50+
4s
6s
1
Babar Azam
Pak
56
51
6
1850
122
41.11
2
18
20
200
32
No
Runs
I
Opposition
Ground
Start Date
1
59*
1
v Australia
Sydney
03 Nov 2019
2
50
1
v Australia
Canberra
05 Nov 2019
3
66*
2
v Bangladesh
Lahore
25 Jan 2020
4
56
1
v England
Manchester
30 Aug 2020
5
82
2
v Zimbabwe
Rawalpindi
07 Nov 2020
6
51
2
v Zimbabwe
Rawalpindi
08 Nov 2020
7
50
1
v South Africa
Johannesburg
12 Apr 2021
8
122
2
v South Africa
Centurion
14 Apr 2021
9
52
1
v Zimbabwe
Harare
25 Apr 2021
10
85
1
v England
Nottingham
16 Jul 2021
11
51
1
v West Indies
Providence
31 Jul 2021
12
68*
2
v India
Dub-DSC
24 Oct 2021
13
51
2
v Afghanistan
Dub-DSC
29 Oct 2021
14
70
1
v Namibia
Abu Dhabi
02 Nov 2021
15
66
1
v Scotland
Sharjah
07 Nov 2021
16
79
2
v West Indies
Karachi
16 Dec 2021
17
66
1
v Australia
Lahore
05 Apr 2022
18
110*
2
v England
Karachi
22 Sep 2022
19
87*
1
v England
Lahore
30 Sep 2022
20
79*
2
v New Zealand
Ch’church
08 Oct 2022
Babar Azam’s 79 not outagainst New Zealand at Christchurch in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand contained eleven boundary fours which fetched him 200 boundary fours. He became the second captain in the history of T20Is to scoren 200 plus boundary fours. AJ Finch of Australia is the other captain to accomplish the feat. He has scored 215 boundary fours.
No
Player
Team
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
C
HC
50+
4s
6s
1
AJ Finch
Aus
70
70
6
2104
172
32.87
1
13
14
215
76
2
Babar Azam
Pak
56
51
6
1850
122
41.11
2
18
20
200
32
Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 79 not out against New Zealand at Christchurch on 08.10.22 in the ongoing T20 Tri series in New Zealand to provide his 17th fifty and 15th half century as captain opener in T20Is. He became the first captain opener in the history of T20Is to score 17 fifties and 15 half centuries. The following table lists the 17 fifties scored by Babar Azam as captain opener.