Captain openers scoring fifties in a Twenty20 international – Babar Azam of Pakistan joins the list

Captain openers scoring fifties in a Twenty20 international – Babar Azam of Pakistan joins the list

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 59 not out against Australia at Sydney on 03.11.19 to provide the 60th occasion of a captain opener scoring fifty in a T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below. Babar Azam became the first Pakistan captain opener to score a fifty in a T20I.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 GC Smith 61 1 RSA NZl Johannesburg 21 Oct 2005
2 GC Smith 89* 1 RSA Aus Johannesburg 24 Feb 2006
3 GC Smith 71* 2 RSA Pak Johannesburg 02 Feb 2007
4 CH Gayle 61 1 Win Eng The Oval 29 Jun 2007
5 RR Watson 54 2 Sco Ken Belfast 04 Aug 2008
6 CH Gayle 67 2 Win NZl Auckland 26 Dec 2008
7 TM Dilshan 61 1 Srl Ind Colombo (RPS) 10 Feb 2009
8 CH Gayle 88 2 Win Aus The Oval 06 Jun 2009
9 BB McCullum 57 2 NZl RSA Lord’s 09 Jun 2009
10 CH Gayle 63* 2 Win Srl The Oval 19 Jun 2009
11 GC Smith 88 1 RSA Eng Centurion 15 Nov 2009
12 CH Gayle 98 1 Win Ind Bridgetown 09 May 2010
13 TM Dilshan 104* 1 Srl Aus Pallekele 06 Aug 2011
14 WTS Porterfield 56* 2 Ire Ken Dubai (DSC) 14 Mar 2012
15 DPMD Jayawardene 65* 2 Srl Win Pallekele 29 Sep 2012
16 MR Swart 89 1 Net Ken Windhoek 19 Apr 2013
17 CO Obuya 60* 1 Ken Afg Sharjah 11 Oct 2013
18 KS Williamson 53 1 NZl Srl Mt Maunganui 07 Jan 2016
19 KS Williamson 70 2 NZl Pak Auckland 15 Jan 2016
20 KS Williamson 72* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
21 AJ Finch 74 2 Aus Ind Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
22 SR Watson 124* 1 Aus Ind Sydney 31 Jan 2016
23 WTS Porterfield 72 2 Ire UAE Abu Dhabi 16 Feb 2016
24 LD Chandimal 58 1 Srl Pak Dhaka 04 Mar 2016
25 Rohan Mustafa 58 2 UAE Afg ICCA Dubai 18 Dec 2016
26 KS Williamson 73* 2 NZl Ban Napier 03 Jan 2017
27 KS Williamson 60 1 NZl Ban Mt Maunganui 08 Jan 2017
28 AJ Finch 53 1 Aus Srl Adelaide 22 Feb 2017
29 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
30 DA Warner 59 2 Aus NZl Auckland 16 Feb 2018
31 RG Sharma 89 1 Ind Ban Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
32 RG Sharma 56 2 Ind Ban Colombo (RPS) 18 Mar 2018
33 KJ Coetzer 54 1 Sco Ire Deventer 17 Jun 2018
34 AJ Finch 84 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
35 AJ Finch 68* 2 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018
36 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
37 RG Sharma 111* 1 Ind Win Lucknow 06 Nov 2018
38 Inam-ul-Haq 73* 2 Qat Mal Al Amerat 23 Jan 2019
39 RG Sharma 50 2 Ind NZl Auckland 08 Feb 2019
40 PR Stirling 71 1 Ire Oman Al Amerat 13 Feb 2019
41 PR Stirling 56 1 Ire Sco Al Amerat 15 Feb 2019
42 KJ Coetzer 74 2 Sco Ire Al Amerat 15 Feb 2019
43 PR Stirling 91 2 Ire Afg Dehradun 23 Feb 2019
44 SJ Baard 52* 2 Nam Ghan Kampala 20 May 2019
45 P Khadka 86* 2 Nep Mal Kuala Lumpur 13 Jul 2019
46 NG Collins 53 2 Fin Den Brondby 13 Jul 2019
47 G Malla 51 2 Nep Man Singapore 24 Jul 2019
48 P Khadka 68 2 Nep Kuw Singapore 27 Jul 2019
49 NG Collins 56 1 Fin Spa Kerava 18 Aug 2019
50 K Motlhanka 59 2 Bots Nam Windhoek 20 Aug 2019
51 KJ Coetzer 89 1 Sco Net Dublin (Malahide) 16 Sep 2019
52 Q de Kock 52 1 RSA Ind Mohali 18 Sep 2019
53 H Masakadza 71 2 Zim Afg Chattogram 20 Sep 2019
54 Q de Kock 79* 2 RSA Ind Bengaluru 22 Sep 2019
55 P Khadka 106* 2 Nep Sing Singapore 28 Sep 2019
56 A Vala 53* 2 PNG Ber ICCA Dubai 19 Oct 2019
57 KJ Coetzer 54 1 Sco PNG ICCA Dubai 21 Oct 2019
58 NS Dhaliwal 69 1 Can Ire Abu Dhabi 23 Oct 2019
59 AJ Finch 64 1 Aus Srl Adelaide 27 Oct 2019
60 Babar Azam 59* 1 Pak Aus Sydney 03 Nov 2019

The following list tabulates the captain openers who have scored centuries in a T20I. There are six occasions. RG Sharma of India is the only captain opener to score century two occasions.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 TM Dilshan 104* 1 Srl Aus Pallekele 06 Aug 2011
2 SR Watson 124* 1 Aus Ind Sydney 31 Jan 2016
3 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
4 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
5 RG Sharma 111* 1 Ind Win Lucknow 06 Nov 2018
6 P Khadka 106* 2 Nep Sing Singapore 28 Sep 2019

AJ Finch {06}, CH Gayle {05}, KS Williamson {05} and RG Sharma {05} are the four captain openers to score fifties on five or more occasions. The  following table lists the performance of these four captains

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Finch 74 2 Aus Ind Melbourne 29 Jan 2016
2 AJ Finch 53 1 Aus Srl Adelaide 22 Feb 2017
3 AJ Finch 84 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 27 Jun 2018
4 AJ Finch 68* 2 Aus Pak Harare 02 Jul 2018
5 AJ Finch 172 1 Aus Zim Harare 03 Jul 2018
6 AJ Finch 64 1 Aus Srl Adelaide 27 Oct 2019
               
1 CH Gayle 61 1 Win Eng The Oval 29 Jun 2007
2 CH Gayle 67 2 Win NZl Auckland 26 Dec 2008
3 CH Gayle 88 2 Win Aus The Oval 06 Jun 2009
4 CH Gayle 63* 2 Win Srl The Oval 19 Jun 2009
5 CH Gayle 98 1 Win Ind Bridgetown 09 May 2010
               
1 KS Williamson 53 1 NZl Srl Mt Maunganui 07 Jan 2016
2 KS Williamson 70 2 NZl Pak Auckland 15 Jan 2016
3 KS Williamson 72* 2 NZl Pak Hamilton 17 Jan 2016
4 KS Williamson 73* 2 NZl Ban Napier 03 Jan 2017
5 KS Williamson 60 1 NZl Ban Mt Maunganui 08 Jan 2017
               
1 RG Sharma 118 1 Ind Srl Indore 22 Dec 2017
2 RG Sharma 89 1 Ind Ban Colombo (RPS) 14 Mar 2018
3 RG Sharma 56 2 Ind Ban Colombo (RPS) 18 Mar 2018
4 RG Sharma 111* 1 Ind Win Lucknow 06 Nov 2018
5 RG Sharma 50 2 Ind NZl Auckland 08 Feb 2019
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