All about Babar Azam’s fifties in Twenty20 Internationals

All about Babar Azam’s fifties in Twenty20 Internationals

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.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+
1V KohliInd109101283712122*50.8413334
2RG SharmaInd14213417373711831.9442832
3Babar AzamPak898413314012244.2222830
NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
155*2v West IndiesDub-DSC23 Sep 2016
2861v World-XILahore12 Sep 2017
350*1v New ZealandAuckland25 Jan 2018
497*1v West IndiesKarachi02 Apr 2018
5512v West IndiesKarachi03 Apr 2018
668*1v AustraliaAbu Dhabi24 Oct 2018
7501v AustraliaDub-DSC28 Oct 2018
8791v New ZealandDub-DSC04 Nov 2018
9902v South AfricaJohannesburg03 Feb 2019
10651v EnglandCardiff05 May 2019
1159*1v AustraliaSydney03 Nov 2019
12501v AustraliaCanberra05 Nov 2019
1366*2v BangladeshLahore25 Jan 2020
14561v EnglandManchester30 Aug 2020
15822v ZimbabweRawalpindi07 Nov 2020
16512v ZimbabweRawalpindi08 Nov 2020
17501v South AfricaJohannesburg12 Apr 2021
181222v South AfricaCenturion14 Apr 2021
19521v ZimbabweHarare25 Apr 2021
20851v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
21511v West IndiesProvidence31 Jul 2021
2268*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
23512v AfghanistanDub-DSC29 Oct 2021
24701v NamibiaAbu Dhabi02 Nov 2021
25661v ScotlandSharjah07 Nov 2021
26792v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
27661v AustraliaLahore05 Apr 2022
28110*2v EnglandKarachi22 Sep 2022
2987*1v EnglandLahore30 Sep 2022
3079*2v New ZealandCh’church08 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.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+
1RG SharmaInd1081077325611832.5642327
2Babar AzamPak64638236612243.0122224
NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Dat
197*1v West IndiesKarachi02 Apr 2018
2512v West IndiesKarachi03 Apr 2018
368*1v AustraliaAbu Dhabi24 Oct 2018
4501v AustraliaDub-DSC28 Oct 2018
5791v New ZealandDub-DSC04 Nov 2018
6902v South AfricaJohannesburg03 Feb 2019
7651v EnglandCardiff05 May 2019
859*1v AustraliaSydney03 Nov 2019
9501v AustraliaCanberra05 Nov 2019
1066*2v BangladeshLahore25 Jan 2020
11561v EnglandManchester30 Aug 2020
12822v ZimbabweRawalpindi07 Nov 2020
13512v ZimbabweRawalpindi08 Nov 2020
141222v South AfricaCenturion14 Apr 2021
15851v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
1668*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
17512v AfghanistanDub-DSC29 Oct 2021
18701v NamibiaAbu Dhabi02 Nov 2021
19661v ScotlandSharjah07 Nov 2021
20792v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
21661v AustraliaLahore05 Apr 2022
22110*2v EnglandKarachi22 Sep 2022
2387*1v EnglandLahore30 Sep 2022
2479*2v New ZealandCh’church08 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.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+
1RG SharmaInd1081077325611832.5642327
2Babar AzamPak64638236612243.0122224
3DA WarnerAus8686112605100*34.0312223
NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Dat
197*1v West IndiesKarachi02 Apr 2018
2512v West IndiesKarachi03 Apr 2018
368*1v AustraliaAbu Dhabi24 Oct 2018
4501v AustraliaDub-DSC28 Oct 2018
5791v New ZealandDub-DSC04 Nov 2018
6902v South AfricaJohannesburg03 Feb 2019
7651v EnglandCardiff05 May 2019
859*1v AustraliaSydney03 Nov 2019
9501v AustraliaCanberra05 Nov 2019
1066*2v BangladeshLahore25 Jan 2020
11561v EnglandManchester30 Aug 2020
12822v ZimbabweRawalpindi07 Nov 2020
13512v ZimbabweRawalpindi08 Nov 2020
14851v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
1568*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
16512v AfghanistanDub-DSC29 Oct 2021
17701v NamibiaAbu Dhabi02 Nov 2021
18661v ScotlandSharjah07 Nov 2021
19792v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
20661v AustraliaLahore05 Apr 2022
2187*1v EnglandLahore30 Sep 2022
2279*2v New ZealandCh’church08 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.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+4s6s
1Babar AzamPak56516185012241.112182020032
NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
159*1v AustraliaSydney03 Nov 2019
2501v AustraliaCanberra05 Nov 2019
366*2v BangladeshLahore25 Jan 2020
4561v EnglandManchester30 Aug 2020
5822v ZimbabweRawalpindi07 Nov 2020
6512v ZimbabweRawalpindi08 Nov 2020
7501v South AfricaJohannesburg12 Apr 2021
81222v South AfricaCenturion14 Apr 2021
9521v ZimbabweHarare25 Apr 2021
10851v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
11511v West IndiesProvidence31 Jul 2021
1268*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
13512v AfghanistanDub-DSC29 Oct 2021
14701v NamibiaAbu Dhabi02 Nov 2021
15661v ScotlandSharjah07 Nov 2021
16792v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
17661v AustraliaLahore05 Apr 2022
18110*2v EnglandKarachi22 Sep 2022
1987*1v EnglandLahore30 Sep 2022
2079*2v New ZealandCh’church08 Oct 2022

Babar Azam’s 79 not out against 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.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC50+4s6s
1AJ FinchAus70706210417232.871131421576
2Babar AzamPak56516185012241.112182020032

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.

NoPlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAveCHC050+
1Babar AzamPak48476165312240.31215417
NoRunsIOppositionGroundStart Date
159*1v AustraliaSydney03 Nov 2019
2501v AustraliaCanberra05 Nov 2019
366*2v BangladeshLahore25 Jan 2020
4561v EnglandManchester30 Aug 2020
5822v ZimbabweRawalpindi07 Nov 2020
6512v ZimbabweRawalpindi08 Nov 2020
71222v South AfricaCenturion14 Apr 2021
8851v EnglandNottingham16 Jul 2021
968*2v IndiaDub-DSC24 Oct 2021
10512v AfghanistanDub-DSC29 Oct 2021
11701v NamibiaAbu Dhabi02 Nov 2021
12661v ScotlandSharjah07 Nov 2021
13792v West IndiesKarachi16 Dec 2021
14661v AustraliaLahore05 Apr 2022
15110*2v EnglandKarachi22 Sep 2022
1687*1v EnglandLahore30 Sep 2022
1779*2v New ZealandCh’church08 Oct 2022
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