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Captain and wicket keeper opening a team’s innings in T20 Internationals

01/11/2022 hrg

T Bavuma and Q de Kock opened the South Africa’s innings against India at Perth on 30.10.22 to provide the 152^nd occasion of captain and wicket keeper opening a team’s innings in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No		Players	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	C	S P Fleming	18	New Zealand	Australia	Auckland	17.02.05
	K	B B McCullum	26	New Zealand	Australia	Auckland	17.02.05

2	C	M J Clarke	33	Australia	New Zealand	Perth	11.12.07
	K	A C Gilchrist	1	Australia	New Zealand	Perth	11.12.07

3	C	M J Clarke	37*	Australia	India	Melbourne	01.02.08
	K	A C Gilchrist	25	Australia	India	Melbourne	01.02.08

4	C	W T S Porterfield	4	Ireland	Bermuda	Belfat	03.08.08
	K	N J O’Brien	5	Ireland	Bermuda	Belfat	03.08.08

5	C	W T S Porterfield	31	Ireland	Sri Lanka	Lord’s	14.06.09
	K	N J O’Brien	32	Ireland	Sri Lanka	Lord’s	14.06.09

6	C	W T S Porterfield	40	Ireland	Pakistan	The Oval	15.06.09
	K	N J O’Brien	7	Ireland	Pakistan	The Oval	15.06.09

7	C	B B McCullum	47	New Zealand	Pakistan	Dub-DSC	13.11.09
	K	B J Watling	7	New Zealand	Pakistan	Dub-DSC	13.11.09

8	C	W T S Porterfield	46	Ireland	Afghanistan	Col-PSC	01.02.10
	K	N J O’Brien	18	Ireland	Afghanistan	Col-PSC	01.02.10

9	C	W T S Porterfield	19	Ireland	Canada	Col-SSC	03.02.10
	K	N J O’Brien	50	Ireland	Canada	Col-SSC	03.02.10

10	C	W T S Porterfield	35	Ireland	Afghanistan	Dub-DSC	09.02.10
	K	N J O’Brien	2	Ireland	Afghanistan	Dub-DSC	09.02.10

11	C	W T S Porterfield	18	Ireland	Scotland	Dub-DSC	11.02.10
	K	N J O’Brien	17	Ireland	Scotland	Dub-DSC	11.02.10

12	C	W T S Porterfield	6	Ireland	Netherlands	Dub-DSC	13.02.10
	K	N J O’Brien	11	Ireland	Netherlands	Dub-DSC	13.02.10

13	C	W T S Porterfield	20	Ireland	Afghanistan	Dub-DSC	13.02.10
	K	N J O’Brien	28	Ireland	Afghanistan	Dub-DSC	13.02.10

14	C	C H Gayle	14	West Indies	South Africa	North Sound	19.05.10
	K	A D S Fletcher	0	West Indies	South Africa	North Sound	19.05.10

15	C	C H Gayle	0	West Indies	South Africa	North Sound	20.05.10
	K	A D S Fletcher	4	West Indies	South Africa	North Sound	20.05.10

16	C	Nawroz Mangal	22	Afghanistan	India	Col-RPS	19.09.12
	K	Mohd Shahzad	18	Afghanistan	India	Col-RPS	19.09.12

17	C	Nawroz Mangal	27	Afghanistan	England	Col-RPS	21.09.12
	K	W Barresi	1	Afghanistan	England	Col-RPS	21.09.12

18	C	M R Swart	27	Netherlands	Kenya	Johannesburg	20.04.13
	K	W Barresi	0	Netherlands	Kenya	Johannesburg	20.04.13

19	C	A J Finch	44*	Australia	South Africa	Melbourne	07.11.14
	K	B R Dunk	23	Australia	South Africa	Melbourne	07.11.14

20	C	A J Finch	33	Australia	South Africa	Sydney	09.11.14
	K	B R Dunk	14	Australia	South Africa	Sydney	09.11.14

21	C	A Vala	7	PNG	Ireland	Townsville	09.02.16
	K	V V Morea	19	PNG	Ireland	Townsville	09.02.16

22	C	K S Williamson	12	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Mt Maunganui	06.01.17
	K	L Ronchi	0	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Mt Maunganui	06.01.17

23	C	K J Coetzer	40	Scotland	Ireland	Dub-DSC	20.01.17
	K	M H Cross	35	Scotland	Ireland	Dub-DSC	20.01.17

24	C	Nawroz Mangal	17*	Afghanistan	Ireland	Dub-DSC	20.01.17
	K	Mohd Shahzad	52*	Afghanistan	Ireland	Dub-DSC	20.01.17

25	C	W U Tharanga	0	Sri Lanka	Australia	Melbourne	17.02.17
	K	N Dickwella	30	Sri Lanka	Australia	Melbourne	17.02.17

26	C	W U Tharanga	4	Sri Lanka	Australia	Geelong	19.02.17
	K	N Dickwella	14	Sri Lanka	Australia	Geelong	19.02.17

27	C	W U Tharanga	24	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Col-RPS	04.04.17
	K	M D K J Perera	77	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Col-RPS	04.04.17

28	C	W U Tharanga	5	Sri Lanka	India	Col-RPS	06.09.17
	K	N Dickwella	17	Sri Lanka	India	Col-RPS	06.09.17

29	C	A J Finch	3	Australia	Zimbabwe	Harare	06.07.18
	K	A T Carey	16	Australia	Zimbabwe	Harare	06.07.18

30	C	A J Finch	1	Australia	Pakistan	Dub-DSC	28.10.18
	K	A T Carey	20	Australia	Pakistan	Dub-DSC	28.10.18

31	C	P Khadka	25	Nepal	UAE	ICCA Dubai	31.01.19
	K	P S Airee	0	Nepal	UAE	ICCA Dubai	31.01.19

32	C	P Khadka	0	Nepal	UAE	ICCA Dubai	01.02.19
	K	P S Airee	8	Nepal	UAE	ICCA Dubai	01.02.19

33	C	N Khosla	27	Malta	Spain	Cartegena	30.03.19
	K	S E Aquilina	1	Malta	Spain	Cartegena	30.03.19

34	C	Tarun Sharma	6	Mexico	Belize	Naucalpan	25.04.19
	K	K K Ahuja	8	Mexico	Belize	Naucalpan	25.04.19

35	C	Tarun Sharma	18	Mexico	Costa Rica	Naucalpan	26.04.19
	K	K K Ahuja	2	Mexico	Costa Rica	Naucalpan	26.04.19

36	C	R G Mukasa	9	Uganda	Ghana	Kampala	23.05.19
	K	A Otwani	24	Uganda	Ghana	Kampala	23.05.19

37	C	H Masakadza	8	Zimbabwe	Netherlands	Rotterdaam	25.06.19
	K	B R M Taylor	40	Zimbabwe	Netherlands	Rotterdaam	25.06.19

38	C	H Masakadza	1	Zimbabwe	Ireland	Bready	12.07.19
	K	B R M Taylor	14	Zimbabwe	Ireland	Bready	12.07.19

39	C	H Masakadza	0	Zimbabwe	Ireland	Bready	14.07.19
	K	B R M Taylor	39	Zimbabwe	Ireland	Bready	14.07.19

40	C	T S Fray	0	Bermuda	Cayman Islands	Sandys Parish	21.08.19
	K	O Bascome	6	Bermuda	Cayman Islands	Sandys Parish	21.08.19

41	C	H Masakadza	34	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Mirpur	13.09.19
	K	B R M Taylor	6	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Mirpur	13.09.19

42	C	H Masakadza	3	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan	Mirpur	14.09.19
	K	B R M Taylor	27	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan	Mirpur	14.09.19

43	C	H Masakadza	25	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Chattogram	18.09.19
	K	B R M Taylor	0	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Chattogram	18.09.19

44	C	H Masakadza	71	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan	Chattogram	20.09.19
	K	B R M Taylor	19	Zimbabwe	Afghanistan	Chattogram	20.09.19

45	C	H Fennell	0	Argentina	Mexico	Lima CF Club	06.10.19
	K	R Escobar	18	Argentina	Mexico	Lima CF Club	06.10.19

46	C	A Manousis	14*	Greece	Serbia	Corfu	15.10.19
	K	M Awais	32*	Greece	Serbia	Corfu	15.10.19

47	C	D C Stovell	1	Bermuda	PNG	ICCA Dubai	19.10.19
	K	O Bascome	6	Bermuda	PNG	ICCA Dubai	19.10.19

48	C	Kaleem Shah	72*	Mozambique	Malawi	Lilongwe	07.11.19
	K	Imran Ismail	14	Mozambique	Malawi	Lilongwe	07.11.19

49	C	A J Finch	39	Australia	England	Southampton	08.09.20
	K	M S Wade	14	Australia	England	Southampton	08.09.20

50	C	R Satheesan	92*	Romania	Bulgaria	Ilfov County	17.10.20
	K	S Nadigotla	21	Romania	Bulgaria	Ilfov County	17.10.20

51	C	C J Chibhabha	0	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	07.11.20
	K	B R M Taylor	20	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	07.11.20

52	C	C J Chibhabha	15	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	08.11.20
	K	B R M Taylor	3	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	08.11.20

53	C	C J Chibhabha	31	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	10.11.20
	K	B R M Taylor	8	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	10.11.20

54	C	A J Finch	0	Australia	India	Sydney	08.12.20
	K	M S Wade	80	Australia	India	Sydney	08.12.20

55	C	Babar Azam	0	Pakistan	South Africa	Lahore	11.02.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	51	Pakistan	South Africa	Lahore	11.02.21

56	C	Babar Azam	5	Pakistan	South Africa	Lahore	13.02.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	51	Pakistan	South Africa	Lahore	13.02.21

57	C	A J Finch	1	Australia	New Zealand	Christchurch	22.02.21
	K	M S Wade	12	Australia	New Zealand	Christchurch	22.02.21

58	C	A J Finch	12	Australia	New Zealand	Dunedin	25.02.21
	K	M S Wade	24	Australia	New Zealand	Dunedin	25.02.21

59	C	A J Finch	69	Australia	New Zealand	Wellington	03.03.21
	K	M S Wade	5	Australia	New Zealand	Wellington	03.03.21

60	C	A J Finch	79*	Australia	New Zealand	Wellington	05.03.21
	K	M S Wade	14	Australia	New Zealand	Wellington	05.03.21

61	C	Babar Azam	14	Pakistan	South Africa	Johannesburg	10.04.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	74*	Pakistan	South Africa	Johannesburg	10.04.21

62	C	Babar Azam	122	Pakistan	South Africa	Centurion	14.04.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	73*	Pakistan	South Africa	Centurion	14.04.21

63	C	Babar Azam	24	Pakistan	South Africa	Centurion	16.04.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	0	Pakistan	South Africa	Centurion	16.04.21

64	C	Babar Azam	2	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Harare	21.04.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	82*	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Harare	21.04.21

65	C	Babar Azam	41	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Harare	23.04.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan*	13	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Harare	23.04.21

66	C	T Bavuma	0	South Africa	West Indies	St George’s	03.07.21
	K	Q de Kock	60	South Africa	West Indies	St George’s	03.07.21

67	C	A J Finch	4	Australia	West Indies	Gros Islet	09.07.21
	K	M S Wade	33	Australia	West Indies	Gros Islet	09.07.21

68	C	A J Finch	6	Australia	West Indies	Gros Islet	10.07.21
	K	*M S Wade*	0	Australia	West Indies	Gros Islet	10.07.21

69	C	A J Finch	30	Australia	West Indies	Gros Islet	12.07.21
	K	M S Wade	23	Australia	West Indies	Gros Islet	12.07.21

70	C	A J Finch	53	Australia	West Indies	Gros Islet	14.07.21
	K	M S Wade	5	Australia	West Indies	Gros Islet	14.07.21

71	C	Babar Azam	85	Pakistan	England	Manchester	17.07.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	63	Pakistan	England	Manchester	17.07.21

72	C	Babar Azam	22	Pakistan	England	Leeds	18.07.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	37	Pakistan	England	Leeds	18.07.21

73	C	T Bavuma	13	South Africa	Ireland	Dublin-M	19.07.21
	K	Q de Kock	20	South Africa	Ireland	Dublin-M	19.07.21

74	C	Babar Azam	11	Pakistan	England	Manchester	20.07.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	76	Pakistan	England	Manchester	20.07.21

75	C	T Bavuma	0	South Africa	Ireland	Belfast	22.07.21
	K	Q de Kock	27	South Africa	Ireland	Belfast	22.07.21

76	C	C R Ervine	25	Zimbabwe	Scotland	Edinburgh	19.09.21
	K	R W Chakabva	25	Zimbabwe	Scotland	Edinburgh	19.09.21

77	C	A J Ayannaike	0	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	Lagos	19.10.21
	K	A Shreshta	13	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	Lagos	19.10.21

78	C	A J Ayannaike	3	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	Lagos	20.10.21
	K	A Shreshta	24	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	Lagos	20.10.21

79	C	S A Ahmad	18	Denmark	Jersey	Almeria	21.10.21
	K	Zameer Khan	9	Denmark	Jersey	Almeria	21.10.21

80	C	T Bavuma	12	South Africa	Australia	A Dhabi	23.10.21
	K	Q de Kock	7	South Africa	Australia	A Dhabi	23.10.21

81	C	Babar Azam	68*	Pakistan	India	Dub-DSC	24.10.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	79*	Pakistan	India	Dub-DSC	24.10.21

82	C	Babar Azam	9	Pakistan	New Zealand	Sharjah	26.10.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	33	Pakistan	New Zealand	Sharjah	26.10.21

83	C	Babar Azam	51	Pakistan	Afghanistan	Dub-DSC	29.10.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	8	Pakistan	Afghanistan	Dub-DSC	29.10.21

84	C	Babar Azam	70	Pakistan	Namibia	A Dhabi	02.11.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	79*	Pakistan	Namibia	A Dhabi	02.11.21

85	C	Babar Azam	66	Pakistan	Scotland	Sharjah	07.11.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	15	Pakistan	Scotland	Sharjah	07.11.21

86	C	K J Young	5	Belize	Argentina	North Sound	10.11.21
	K	A K Muslar	5	Belize	Argentina	North Sound	10.11.21

87	C	Babar Azam	39	Pakistan	Australia	Dub-DSC	11.11.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	67	Pakistan	Australia	Dub-DSC	11.11.21

88	C	A A Onikoyi	0	Nigeria	Kenya	Kigali	18.11.21
	K	A Shreshta	0	Nigeria	Kenya	Kigali	18.11.21

89	C	A A Onikoyi	6	Nigeria	Uganda	Kigali	18.11.21
	K	A Shreshta	28	Nigeria	Uganda	Kigali	18.11.21

90	C	Babar Azam	7	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Mirpur	19.11.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	11	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Mirpur	19.11.21

91	C	Babar Azam	1	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Mirpur	20.11.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	39	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Mirpur	20.11.21

92	C	Babar Azam	0	Pakistan	West Indies	Karachi	13.12.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	78	Pakistan	West Indies	Karachi	13.12.21

93	C	Babar Azam	7	Pakistan	West Indies	Karachi	14.12.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	38	Pakistan	West Indies	Karachi	14.12.21

94	C	Babar Azam	79	Pakistan	West Indies	Karachi	16.12.21
	K	Mohd Rizwan	87	Pakistan	West Indies	Karachi	16.12.21

95	C	R G Sharma	44	India	Sri Lanka	Ranchi	24.02.22
	K	Ishan Kishan	85	India	Sri Lanka	Ranchi	24.02.22

96	C	R G Sharma	1	India	Sri Lanka	Dharamsala	26.02.22
	K	Ishan Kishan	16	India	Sri Lanka	Dharamsala	26.02.22

97	C	R G Sharma	5	India	Sri Lanka	Dharamsala	27.02.22
	K	S V Samson	16	India	Sri Lanka	Dharamsala	27.02.22

98	C	Babar Azam	66	Pakistan	Australia	Lahore	05.04.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	23	Pakistan	Australia	Lahore	05.04.22

99	C	J Butler	32	Guernsey	Norway	Almeria	30.04.22
	K	I D A Damarell	13	Guernsey	Norway	Almeria	30.04.22

100	C	J Butler	13	Guernsey	Spain	Almeria	30.04.22
	K	I D A Damarell	5	Guernsey	Spain	Almeria	30.04.22

101	C	J Butler	28	Guernsey	Spain	Almeria	01.05.22
	K	I D A Damarell	38*	Guernsey	Spain	Almeria	01.05.22

102	C	Khizer Ahmed	0	Norway	Spain	Almeria	01.05.22
	K	Kuruge Abeyrathna	14	Norway	Spain	Almeria	01.05.22

103	C	T Bavuma	22	South Africa	India	Delhi	09.06.22
	K	Q de Kock	10	South Africa	India	Delhi	09.06.22

104	C	Faheem Nazir	18	Switzerland	Luxembourg	Wafer Dange	11.06.22
	K	Idrees Ul Haque	10	Switzerland	Luxembourg	Wafer Dange	11.06.22

105	C	Faheem Nazir	65	Switzerland	Luxembourg	Wafer Dange	11.06.22
	K	Idrees Ul Haque	4	Switzerland	Luxembourg	Wafer Dange	11.06.22

106	C	T Bavuma	8*	South Africa	India	Rajkot	17.06.22
	K	Q de Kock	14	South Africa	India	Rajkot	17.06.22

107	C	M V Pavlovic	12	Serbia	Bulgaria	Belgrade	09.07.22
	K	W A E Burton	0	Serbia	Bulgaria	Belgrade	09.07.22

108	C	R G Sharma	31	India	England	Birmingham	09.07.22
	K	R R Pant	1	India	England	Birmingham	09.07.22

109	C	R G Sharma	11	India	England	Nottingham	10.07.22
	K	R R Pant	1	India	England	Nottingham	10.07.22

110	C	C R Ervine	34	Zimbabwe	Singapore	Bulawayo	11.07.22
	K	R W Chakabva	24	Zimbabwe	Singapore	Bulawayo	11.07.22

111	C	C R Ervine	4	Zimbabwe	Jersey	Bulawayo	12.07.22
	K	R W Chakabva	6	Zimbabwe	Jersey	Bulawayo	12.07.22

112	C	C R Ervine	11	Zimbabwe	USA	Bulawayo	14.07.22
	K	R W Chakabva	31	Zimbabwe	USA	Bulawayo	14.07.22

113	C	C R Ervine	38	Zimbabwe	PNG	Bulawayo	15.07.22
	K	R W Chakabva	30	Zimbabwe	PNG	Bulawayo	15.07.22

114	C	A Jones	8	USA	PNG	Bulawayo	17.07.22
	K	S R Taylor	2	USA	PNG	Bulawayo	17.07.22

115	C	C R Ervine	10	Zimbabwe	Netherlands	Bulawayo	17.07.22
	K	R W Chakabva	27	Zimbabwe	Netherlands	Bulawayo	17.07.22

116	C	Faheem Nazir	12	Switzerland	Norway	Vantaa	28.07.22
	K	S Narayanan	4*	Switzerland	Norway	Vantaa	28.07.22

117	C	C R Ervine	21	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Harare	30.07.22
	K	R W Chakabva	8	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Harare	30.07.22

118	C	C R Ervine	1	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Harare	31.07.22
	K	R W Chakabva	0	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Harare	31.07.22

119	C	C R Ervine	24	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Harare	02.08.22
	K	R W Chakabva	17	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh	Harare	02.08.22

120	C	Babar Azam	10	Pakistan	India	Dub-DSC	28.08.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	43	Pakistan	India	Dub-DSC	28.08.22

121	C	Babar Azam	9	Pakistan	Hong Kong	Sharjah	02.09.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	78*	Pakistan	Hong Kong	Sharjah	02.09.22

122	C	Babar Azam	14	Pakistan	India	Dub-DSC	04.09.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	71	Pakistan	India	Dub-DSC	04.09.22

123	C	Babar Azam	0	Pakistan	Afghanistan	Sharjah	07.09.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	20	Pakistan	Afghanistan	Sharjah	07.09.22

124	C	Babar Azam	30	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Dub-DSC	09.09.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	14	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Dub-DSC	09.09.22

125	C	Babar Azam	5	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Dub-DSC	11.09.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	55	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Dub-DSC	11.09.22

126	C	M T M M J Ave	13	Cook Islands	Vanuatu	Port Vila	15.09.22
	K	A Parima	11	Cook Islands	Vanuatu	Port Vila	15.09.22

127	C	B Masaba	9	Uganda	Mozambique	Benoni	18.09.22
	K	S Ssesazi	7	Uganda	Mozambique	Benoni	18.09.22

128	C	Babar Azam	31	Pakistan	England	Karachi	20.09.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	68	Pakistan	England	Karachi	20.09.22

129	C	Babar Azam	110*	Pakistan	England	Karachi	22.09.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	88*	Pakistan	England	Karachi	22.09.22

130	C	Babar Azam	8	Pakistan	England	Karachi	23.09.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	8	Pakistan	England	Karachi	23.09.22

131	C	Babar Azam	36	Pakistan	England	Karachi	25.09.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	88	Pakistan	England	Karachi	25.09.22

132	C	T Bavuma	0	South Africa	India	Trivandrum	28.09.22
	K	Q de Kock	1	South Africa	India	Trivandrum	28.09.22

133	C	Babar Azam	9	Pakistan	England	Lahore	28.09.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	63	Pakistan	England	Lahore	28.09.22

134	C	Babar Azam	87*	Pakistan	England	Lahore	30.09.22
	K	Mohd Haris	7	Pakistan	England	Lahore	30.09.22

135	C	T Bavuma	0	South Africa	India	Guwahathi	02.10.22
	K	Q de Kock	69*	South Africa	India	Guwahathi	02.10.22

136	C	Babar Azam	4	Pakistan	England	Lahore	02.10.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	1	Pakistan	England	Lahore	02.10.22

137	C	R G Sharma	0	India	South Africa	Indore	04.10.22
	K	R R Pant	27	India	South Africa	Indore	04.10.22

138	C	T Bavuma	3	South Africa	India	Indore	04.10.22
	K	Q de Kock	68	South Africa	India	Indore	04.10.22

139	C	Babar Azam	22	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Hagley Oval	07.10.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	78*	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Hagley Oval	07.10.22

140	C	Babar Azam	79*	Pakistan	New Zealand	Hagley Oval	08.10.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	4	Pakistan	New Zealand	Hagley Oval	08.10.22

141	C	Babar Azam	21	Pakistan	New Zealand	Hagley Oval	11.10.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	16	Pakistan	New Zealand	Hagley Oval	11.10.22

142	C	Babar Azam	55	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Hagley Oval	13.10.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	69	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Hagley Oval	13.10.22

143	C	Babar Azam	15	Pakistan	New Zealand	Hagley Oval	14.10.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	34	Pakistan	New Zealand	Hagley Oval	14.10.22

144	C	C R Ervine	9	Zimbabwe	Ireland	Hobart	17.10.22
	K	R W Chakabva	0	Zimbabwe	Ireland	Hobart	17.10.22

145	C	C R Ervine	58	Zimbabwe	Scotland	Hobart	21.10.22
	K	R W Chakabva	4	Zimbabwe	Scotland	Hobart	21.10.22

146	C	Babar Azam	0	Pakistan	India	Melbourne	23.10.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	4	Pakistan	India	Melbourne	23.10.22

147	C	C R Ervine	2	Zimbabwe	South Africa	Hobart	24.10.22
	K	R W Chakabva	8	Zimbabwe	South Africa	Hobart	24.10.22

148	C	T Bavuma	2*	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Hobart	24.10.22
	K	Q de Kock	47*	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Hobart	24.10.22

149	C	T Bavuma	2	South Africa	Bangladesh	Sydney	27.10.22
	K	Q de Kock	63	South Africa	Bangladesh	Sydney	27.10.22

150	C	Babar Azam	4	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Perth	27.10.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	14	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Perth	27.10.22

151	C	Babar Azam	4	Pakistan	Netherlands	Perth	30.10.22
	K	Mohd Rizwan	49	Pakistan	Netherlands	Perth	30.10.22

152	C	T Bavuma	10	South Africa	India	Perth	30.10.22
	K	Q de Kock	1	South Africa	India	Perth	30.10.22

Hat tricks in Twenty20 Internationals and in Twenty20 World Cup

19/10/2022 hrg

KP Meiyappan of UAE performed the Hat trick against Sri Lanka at Geelong on 18.10.22 to provide the 39^th occasion of a bowler performing the feat in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Team	Opp	Venue	Season	Victims
1	B Lee	Aus	Ban	Cape Town	2007/08	Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, Alok Kapali
2	JDP Oram	NZl	Srl	Col-RPSJo	2009	AD Mathews, CM Bandara, KMDN Kulasekara
3	TG Southee	NZl	Pak	Auckland	2010/11	Younis Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Akmal
4	NLTC Perera	Srl	Ind	Ranchi	2015/16	HH Pandya, SK Raina, Yuvraj Singh
5	SL Malinga	Srl	Ban	Colombo	2016/17	M Rahim, M Mortaza, MH Miraz
6	F Ashraf	Pak	Srl	Abu Dhabi	2017/18	I Udana, ML Udawatte, MD Shanaka
7	*Rashid Khan	Afg	Ire	Dehradun	2018/19	KJ O’Brien, GH Dockrell, SC Getkate, Simi Singh
8	*SL Malinga	Srl	NZl	Pallekele	2019	C Munro, HD Rutherford, C de G’home, LRPL Taylor
9	Mohd Hasnain	Pak	Srl	Lahore	2019/20	PBB Rajapaksa, MD Shanaka, GSNFG Jayasuriya
10	Khawar Ali	Oma	Net	Al Amerat	2019/20	AJ Staal, CN Ackermann, RE van der Merwe
11	N Vanua	PNG	Ber	ICCA Dub	2019/20	DC Stovell, KS Leverock, DAP Darrell
12	DL Chahar	Ind	Ban	Nagpur	2019/20	Shafiul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Aminul Islam
13	AC Agar	Aus	RSA	Jo’burg	2019/20	F du Plessis, AL Phehlukwayo, DW Steyn
14	A Dananjaya	Srl	Win	Antigua	2020/21	E Lewis, CH Gayle, N Pooran
15	W Abbas	Mal	Bel	Marsa	2021	Ashiqullah Said, Khalid Ahmadi, NSK Mehta
16	Sheraz Sheikh	Bel	Mal	Marsa	2021	Amar Sharma, N Khanna, VP Thamotharam
17	NT Ellis	Aus	Ban	Dhaka	2021	Mahmudullah, Mustafizur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan
18	E Otieno	Ken	Uga	Entebbe	2021	D Muhumuza, K Waiswa, Bilal Hassan
19	KS Bagabena	Gha	Sey	Rwanda	2021/22	SKDT Madusanka, Mazharul Islam, S Udhayan
20	*C Campher	Ire	Net	A Dhabi	2021/22	CN A’mann, RNtD’Chate, SA Edwards, RE vd Merwe
21	DA Blignaut	Ger	Ita	Almeria	2021/22	Jaspreet Singh, BBJL Perera, Baljit Singh
22	DM Nakrani	Uga	Sey	Kigali	2021/22	P Byron, VL Mukesh, SR Rocket
23	P Aho	Nig	SiL	Lagos	2021/22	AB Kamara, M Kpaka, E Ernest
24	PWH de Silva	Srl	RSA	Sharjah	2021/22	AK Markram, T Bavuma, D Pretorius
25	K Rabada	RSA	Eng	Sharjah	2021/22	CR Woakes, EJG Morgan, CJ Jordan
26	H Fennell	Arg	Pan	N Sound	2021/22	Mahmud Jasat, A Natubhai Ahir, D Ahir
27	*JO Holder	Win	Eng	Bridgetown	2021/22	CJ Jordan, SW Billings, AU Rashid, S Mahmood
28	Karan KC	Nep	PNG	Kirtipur	2021/22	CA Soper, SK Atai, N Pokana
29	JJ Smit	Nam	Uga	Windhoek	2022	S Ssesazi, F Nsubuga, J Miyagi
30	Khalid Ahmadi	Bel	Mal	Waterloo	2022	Imran Ameer, Aaftab Alam Khan, VP Thamotharam
31	Syazrul Idrus	Mala	Thai	Bangi	2022	S Desungnoen, J Pakhiaokajee, C Chatphaisan
32	Senamontree	Thai	Mala	Bangi	2022	Ibrahim Hassan, Ibrahim Rizan, L Shafeeg
33	L Van Beek	Net	HKG	Bulawayo	2022	Nizakat Khan, SS McKechnie, Ehsan Khan
34	CPPM Sadun	Cyp	Tur	Vantaa	2022	Alta, Turkmen, Ulutuna
35	MG Bracewell	NZl	Ire	Belfast	2022	MR Adair, BJ McCarthy, CA Young
36	S Wick’sekara	CZR	Est	Vantaa	2022	Habib Khan, Maidul Islam, MMR Obili
37	Habib Khan	Est	Fra	Kerava	2022	S Santhirakumaran, Zain Ahmad, Jubaid Ahamed
38	S Quddus	Kuwt	Bah	Al Amerat	2022	Umer Toor, Shahbaz Badar, Haider Butt
39	KP Meiyappan	UAE	Srl	Geelong	2022/23	PBB Rajapaksa, KIC Asalanka, MD Shanaka

*Rashid Khan (at Dehradun), SL Malinga (at Pallekele), C Campher (at Abu Dhabi) and JO Holder (at Bridgetown) took 4 wickets in 4 balls.

KP Meiyappan of UAE performed the Hat trick against Sri Lanka at Geelong on 18.10.22 to provide the fifth occasion of a bowler performing the feat in the history of T20 World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Team	Opp	Venue	Season	Victims
1	B Lee	Aus	Ban	C Town	2007/08	Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, Alok Kapali
2	*C Campher	Ire	Net	A Dhabi	2021/22	CN A’mann, RNt Doeschate, SA Edwards, RE vd Merwe
3	PWH de Silva	Srl	RSA	Sharjah	2021/22	AK Markram, T Bavuma, D Pretorius
4	K Rabada	RSA	Eng	Sharjah	2021/22	CR Woakes, EJG Morgan, CJ Jordan
5	KP Meiyappan	UAE	Srl	Geelong	2022/23	PBB Rajapaksa, KIC Asalanka, MD Shanaka

* C Campher (at Abu Dhabi) took 4 wickets in 4 balls.

Captain’s fifties in T20Is in losing cause

12/10/2022 hrg

Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan’s 70 against New Zealand at Christchurch on 12 Oct 2022 in the ongoing T20I Tri series involving New Zealand-Bangladesh-Pakistan was in a losing cause to provide the 117^th occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	61	01	RSA	NZl	Johannesburg	21 Oct 2005
2	PD Collingwood	79	02	Eng	Win	The Oval	28 Jun 2007
3	CH Gayle	61	01	Win	Eng	The Oval	29 Jun 2007
4	RT Ponting	76	01	Aus	Ind	Brabourne	20 Oct 2007
5	TM Dilshan	61	01	Srl	Ind	Col-RPS	10 Feb 2009
6	BB McCullum	57	02	NZl	RSA	Lord’s	09 Jun 2009
7	Younis Khan	50	02	Pak	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2009
8	CH Gayle	63*	02	Win	Srl	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
9	KC Sangakkara	64*	01	Srl	Pak	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
10	KC Sangakkara	69	02	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	04 Sep 2009
11	KC Sangakkara	59	01	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009
12	A Bagai	53	01	Can	Afg	Col-SSC	04 Feb 2010
13	BRM Taylor	50*	01	Zim	NZl	Harare	15 Oct 2011
14	BRM Taylor	75*	01	Zim	NZl	Hamilton	14 Feb 2012
15	CO Obuya	50	02	Ken	Sco	ICCA Dubai	13 Mar 2012
16	KJ Coetzer	62	02	Sco	Ire	Dub-DSC	18 Mar 2012
17	GJ Bailey	63	02	Aus	Win	Col-RPS	05 Oct 2012
18	F du Plessis	63	01	RSA	NZl	East London	23 Dec 2012
19	Mohammad Hafeez	55	02	Pak	Ind	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012
20	MR Swart	89	01	Net	Ken	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
21	F du Plessis	85	01	RSA	Srl	Hambantota	06 Aug 2013
22	Mushfiqur Rahim	50	02	Ban	NZl	Mirpur	06 Nov 2013
23	A Bagai	67*	02	Can	Ire	Abu Dhabi	16 Nov 2013
24	BRM Taylor	59	01	Zim	Ire	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014
25	F du Plessis	58	01	RSA	Ind	Mirpur	04 Apr 2014
26	F du Plessis	119	01	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
27	E Chigumbura	54	01	Zim	Pak	Lahore	22 May 2015
28	PL Mommsen	68*	02	Sco	Net	Edinburgh	11 Jul 2015
29	WTS Porterfield	57*	01	Ire	PNG.	Belfast	15 Jul 2015
30	SPD Smith	90	02	Aus	Eng	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
31	Asghar Afghan	51	01	Afg	HKG	Abu Dhabi	28 Nov 2015
32	KS Williamson	70	02	NZl	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
33	AJ Finch	74	02	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
34	Tanwir Afzal	56	02	HKG	Sco	Mong Kok	31 Jan 2016
35	SR Watson	124*	01	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
36	PL Mommsen	56	02	Sco	UAE	ICCA Dubai	04 Feb 2016
37	WTS Porterfield	72	02	Ire	UAE	Abu Dhabi	16 Feb 2016
38	LD Chandimal	58	01	Srl	Pak	Mirpur	04 Mar 2016
39	F du Plessis	79	01	RSA	Aus	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016
40	Asghar Afghan	62	01	Afg	Srl	Kolkata	17 Mar 2016
41	AD Mathews	73*	02	Srl	Eng	Delhi	26 Mar 2016
42	LD Chandimal	58	02	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Sep 2016
43	Rohan Mustafa	58	02	UAE	Afg	ICCA Dubai	18 Dec 2016
44	AB de Villiers	65*	01	RSA	Eng	Southampton	21 Jun 2017
45	V Kohli	65	02	Ind	NZl	Rajkot	04 Nov 2017
46	JP Duminy	55	02	RSA	Ind	Cape Town	24 Feb 2018
47	NLTC Perera	58	01	Srl	Ban	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2018
48	AJ Finch	84	02	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	27 Jun 2018
49	NLTC Perera	57	02	Srl	Eng	Col-RPS	27 Oct 2018
50	KS Williamson	60	02	NZl	Pak	Dub-DSC	04 Nov 2018
51	Shakib Al Hasan	61	01	Ban	Win	Sylhet	17 Dec 2018
52	PR Stirling	56	01	Ire	Sco	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
53	PR Stirling	91	02	Ire	Afg	Dehradun	23 Feb 2019
54	V Kohli	72*	01	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2019
55	J Butler	65*	01	Gue	Jer	Castel	15 Jun 2019
56	DP Michael moa	55*	02	Sam	Van	Apia-No 03	12 Jul 2019
57	NG Collins	53	02	Fin	Den	Brondby	13 Jul 2019
58	Muhammad Kashif	51	02	Kuw	Mal	Singapore	22 Jul 2019
59	NG Collins	56	01	Fin	Spa	Kerava	18 Aug 2019
60	K Motlhanka	59	02	Bot	Nam	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
61	PM Seelaar	96*	02	Net	Sco	Dublin-M	16 Sep 2019
62	Q de Kock	52	01	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019
63	RD Berrington	76	02	Sco	Ire	Dublin-M	20 Sep 2019
64	TH David	64*	01	SGP	Nep	Singapore	28 Sep 2019
65	SC Williams	66	02	Zim	Sin	Singapore	29 Sep 2019
66	Zeeshan Maqsood	56	02	Oma	Jer	Abu Dhabi	27 Oct 2019
67	MG Erasmus	51	02	Nam	Ire	Dub-DSC	02 Nov 2019
68	Babar Azam	50	01	Pak	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019
69	Kaleem Shah	72*	01	Moz	Mala	Lilongwe	07 Nov 2019
70	KA Pollard	68	02	Win	Ind	Wankhede	11 Dec 2019
71	KS Williamson	51	01	NZl	Ind	Auckland	24 Jan 2020
72	EJG Morgan	52	02	Eng	RSA	East London	12 Feb 2020
73	Q de Kock	65	02	RSA	Eng	Durban	14 Feb 2020
74	J Mees	67*	02	Lux	Bel	Walferdange	30 Aug 2020
75	Babar Azam	56	01	Pak	Eng	Manchester	30 Aug 2020
76	KA Pollard	75*	01	Win	NZl	Auckland	27 Nov 2020
77	MS Wade	58	01	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06 Dec 2020
78	V Kohli	85	02	Ind	Aus	Sydney	08 Dec 2020
79	V Kohli	77*	01	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	16 Mar 2021
80	H Klaasen	50	01	RSA	Pak	Johannesburg	10 Apr 2021
81	Babar Azam	50	01	Pak	RSA	Johannesburg	12 Apr 2021
82	Razmal Shigiwal	60	01	Aust	Bel	Waterloo	24 Jul 2021
83	Usman Shahid	64	02	Fra	Nor	Krefeld	07 Aug 2021
84	A Venkatesh	54	01	SWE	Fin	Kerava	21 Aug 2021
85	A Ashokan	51	02	CZR	Rom	Ilfov County	03 Sep 2021
86	TWM Latham	65*	02	NZl	Ban	Mirpur	03 Sep 2021
87	A Vala	55	01	PNG	Sco	ICCA Dubai	08 Oct 2021
88	A Vala	56	01	PNG	Oma	Al Amerat	17 Oct 2021
89	BA Pai	71	01	Gib	Bul	Marsa	24 Oct 2021
90	V Kohli	57	01	Ind	Pak	Dub-DSC	24 Oct 2021
91	MNM Aslam	55	01	Kuw	SAr	Doha	25 Oct 2021
92	FA Cossa	59	02	Moz	Tan	Rwanda	02 Nov 2021
93	KS Williamson	85	01	NZl	Aus	Dub-DSC	14 Nov 2021
94	N Pooran	64	01	Win	Pak	Karachi	16 Dec 2021
95	MD Shanaka	74*	01	Srl	Ind	Dharamsala	27 Feb 2022
96	Ahmed Faiz	63	01	Mal	PNG.	Kirtipur	01 Apr 2022
97	Babar Azam	66	01	Pak	Aus	Lahore	05 Apr 2022
98	MG Erasmus	100*	01	Nam	Uga	Windhoek	09 Apr 2022
99	M Taylor	67	01	Baha	CaI	George Town	16 Apr 2022
100	BA Pai	53*	01	Gib	Bul	Marsa	15 May 2022
101	Abhijeet Ahuja	75	02	Hun	CZR	Marsa	15 May 2022
102	Razmal Shigiwal	95*	01	Aust	Hun	Lower Austria	05 Jun 2022
103	Arslan Amjad	62	02	EST	Fin	Kerava	19 Jun 2022
104	BA Pai	76*	01	Gib	Bel	Gent	28 Jun 2022
105	A Balbirnie	60	02	Ire	Ind	Dublin-M	28 Jun 2022
106	HAM Shah	58	02	Den	Bel	Waterloo	01 Jul 2022
107	P Mishra	55	01	Bul	Ser	Belgrade	08 Jul 2022
108	Nizakat Khan	60	01	HKG	Net	Bulawayo	12 Jul 2022
109	Faheem Nazir	113	01	SUI	CZR.	Kerava	30 Jul 2022
110	RG Sharma	72	01	Ind	Srl	Dub-DSC	06 Sep 2022
111	MA Baig	74	02	MWI	Tan	Benoni	20 Sep 2022
112	AR Patwa	68	01	Tan	Uga	Benoni	22 Sep 2022
113	MM Ali	55*	01	Eng	Pak	Karachi	22 Sep 2022
114	CP Rizwan	51*	02	UAE	Ban	Dub-DSC	27 Sep 2022
115	MM Ali	51*	02	Eng	Pak	Lahore	28 Sep 2022
116	Babar Azam	87*	01	Pak	Eng	Lahore	30 Sep 2022
117	Shakib Al Hasan	70	02	Ban	NZl	Christchurch	12 Oct 2022

It also provides the third occasion of a Bangladesh captain’s fifty going in vain in the history of T20Is. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Mushfiqur Rahim	50	02	Ban	NZl	Mirpur	06 Nov 2013
2	Shakib Al Hasan	61	01	Ban	Win	Sylhet	17 Dec 2018
3	Shakib Al Hasan	70	02	Ban	NZl	Christchurch	12 Oct 2022

It also provides the ninth occasion of a captain’s fifty going in vain in the history of T20Is against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	61	01	RSA	NZl	Johannesburg	21 Oct 2005
2	KC Sangakkara	69	02	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	04 Sep 2009
3	BRM Taylor	50*	01	Zim	NZl	Harare	15 Oct 2011
4	BRM Taylor	75*	01	Zim	NZl	Hamilton	14 Feb 2012
5	F du Plessis	63	01	RSA	NZl	East London	23 Dec 2012
6	Mushfiqur Rahim	50	02	Ban	NZl	Mirpur	06 Nov 2013
7	V Kohli	65	02	Ind	NZl	Rajkot	04 Nov 2017
8	KA Pollard	75*	01	Win	NZl	Auckland	27 Nov 2020
9	Shakib Al Hasan	70	02	Ban	NZl	Christchurch	12 Ovct 2022

The following table lists the captains who have witnesses three or more fifties scored by them going in vain.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Babar Azam	50	01	Pak	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019
2	Babar Azam	56	01	Pak	Eng	Manchester	30 Aug 2020
3	Babar Azam	50	01	Pak	RSA	Johannesburg	12 Apr 2021
4	Babar Azam	66	01	Pak	Aus	Lahore	05 Apr 2022
5	Babar Azam	87*	01	Pak	Eng	Lahore	30 Sep 2022

1	F du Plessis	63	01	RSA	NZl	East London	23 Dec 2012
2	F du Plessis	85	01	RSA	Srl	Hambantota	06 Aug 2013
3	F du Plessis	58	01	RSA	Ind	Mirpur	04 Apr 2014
4	F du Plessis	119	01	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Jan 2015
5	F du Plessis	79	01	RSA	Aus	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016

1	V Kohli	65	02	Ind	NZl	Rajkot	04 Nov 2017
2	V Kohli	72*	01	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2019
3	V Kohli	85	02	Ind	Aus	Sydney	08 Dec 2020
4	V Kohli	77*	01	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	16 Mar 2021
5	V Kohli	57	01	Ind	Pak	Dub-DSC	24 Oct 2021

1	KS Williamson	70	02	NZl	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
2	KS Williamson	60	02	NZl	Pak	Dub-DSC	04 Nov 2018
3	KS Williamson	51	01	NZl	Ind	Auckland	24 Jan 2020
4	KS Williamson	85	01	NZl	Aus	Dub-DSC	14 Nov 2021

1	BA Pai	71	01	Gib	Bul	Marsa	24 Oct 2021
2	BA Pai	53*	01	Gib	Bul	Marsa	15 May 2022
3	BA Pai	76*	01	Gib	Bel	Gent	28 Jun 2022

1	BRM Taylor	50*	01	Zim	NZl	Harare	15 Oct 2011
2	BRM Taylor	75*	01	Zim	NZl	Hamilton	14 Feb 2012
3	BRM Taylor	59	01	Zim	Ire	Sylhet	17 Mar 2014

1	KC Sangakkara	64*	01	Srl	Pak	Lord’s	21 Jun 2009
2	KC Sangakkara	69	02	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	04 Sep 2009
3	KC Sangakkara	59	01	Srl	Ind	Mohali	12 Dec 2009

Rival openers scoring fifties in a T20I

12/10/2022 hrg

JC Buttler and AD Hales of England scored 68 and 84 respectively and DA Warner of Australia scored 73 in the T20I between Australia and Englanf at Perth on 09 Oct 2022 to provide the 98^th occasion of rival openers scoring fifties in the same T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Play	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	117	01	Win	RSA	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007
	HH Gibbs	90*	02	RSA	Win	Johannesburg	11 Sep 2007

2	H Masakadza	53	01	Zim	Pak	King City-NW	12 Oct 2008
	Shoaib Khan jnr	50	02	Pak	Zim	King City-NW	12 Oct 2008

3	DA Warner	63	01	Aus	Win	The Oval	06 Jun 2009
	CH Gayle	88	02	Win	Aus	The Oval	06 Jun 2009
	ADS Fletcher	53	02	Win	Aus	The Oval	06 Jun 2009

4	TM Dilshan	96*	01	Srl	Win	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
	CH Gayle	63*	02	Win	Srl	The Oval	19 Jun 2009

5	H Patel	88*	01	Can	Ire	Col-SSC	03 Feb 2010
	NJ O’Brien	50	02	Ire	Can	Col-SSC	03 Feb 2010

6	H Masakadza	72	01	Zim	RSA	Bloemfontein	08 Oct 2010
	GC Smith	58	02	RSA	Zim	Bloemfontein	08 Oct 2010

7	M Jayawardene	86	01	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	08 Aug 2011
	SR Watson	57	02	Aus	Srl	Pallekele	08 Aug 2011

8	H Masakadza	53	01	Zim	NZl	Auckland	11 Feb 2012
	MJ Guptill	91*	02	NZl	Zim	Auckland	11 Feb 2012

9	H Masakadza	62	01	Zim	NZl	Hamilton	14 Feb 2012
	RJ Nicol	56	02	NZl	Zim	Hamilton	14 Feb 2012

10	DR Smith	63	01	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	30 Mar 2012
	DA Warner	58	02	Aus	Win	Bridgetown	30 Mar 2012

11	MR Swart	57	01	Net	Ban	The Hague	25 Jul 2012
	Tamim Iqbal	69*	02	Ban	Net	The Hague	25 Jul 2012

12	Tamim Iqbal	50	01	Ban	Net	The Hague	26 Jul 2012
	MR Swart	61	02	Net	Ban	The Hague	26 Jul 2012

13	RJ Nicol	58	01	NZl	Srl	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012
	TM Dilshan	76	02	Srl	NZl	Pallekele	27 Sep 2012

14	H Davids	55	01	RSA	NZl	East London	23 Dec 2012
	MJ Guptill	101*	02	NZl	RSA	East London	23 Dec 2012

15	MJ Guptill	59	01	NZl	Eng	Wellington	15 Feb 2013
	MJ Lumb	53*	02	Eng	NZl	Wellington	15 Feb 2013
	AD Hales	80*	02	Eng	NZl	Wellington	15 Feb 2013

16	H Masakadza	59	01	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	11 May 2013
	Shamsur Rahman	53	02	Ban	Zim	Bulawayo	11 May 2013

17	AD Hales	94	01	Eng	Aus	Ch-le-St	31 Aug 2013
	DA Warner	53	02	Aus	Eng	Ch-le-St	31 Aug 2013

18	MDKJ Perera	84	01	Srl	Pak	Dub-DSC	13 Dec 2013
	Sharjeel Khan	50	02	Pak	Srl	Dub-DSC	13 Dec 2013

19	RG Sharma	106	01	Ind	RSA	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015
	AB de Villiers	51	02	RSA	Ind	Dharamsala	02 Oct 2015

20	Mohd Hafeez	61	01	Pak	NZl	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
	KS Williamson	70	02	NZl	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016

21	RG Sharma	60	01	Ind	Aus	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
	AJ Finch	74	02	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016

22	SR Watson	124*	01	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
	RG Sharma	52	02	Ind	Aus	Sydney	31 Jan 2016

23	Z Maqsood	52	01	Oma	Afg	Fatullah	20 Feb 2016
	NA Zadran	63	02	AFG	Oma	Fatullah	20 Feb 2016

24	V Sibanda	59	01	Zim	HKG	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016
	JJ Atkinson	53	02	HKG	Zim	Nagpur	08 Mar 2016

25	J Charles	79	01	Win	Ind	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
	E Lewis	100	01	Win	Ind	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016
	RG Sharma	62	02	Ind	Win	Lauderhill	27 Aug 2016

26	MJ Guptill	105	01	NZl	Aus	Auckland	16 Feb 2018
	C Munro	76	01	NZl	Aus	Auckland	16 Feb 2018
	DA Warner	59	02	Aus	NZl	Auckland	16 Feb 2018
	DJM Short	76	02	Aus	NZl	Auckland	16 Feb 2018

27	S Dhawan	72	01	Ind	RSA	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018
	RR Hendricks	70	02	RSA	Ind	Johannesburg	18 Feb 2018

28	ADS Fletcher	52	01	Win	Pak	Karachi	03 Apr 2018
	Babar Azam	51	02	Pak	Win	Karachi	03 Apr 2018

29	KJ Coetzer	54	01	Sco	Ire	Deventer	17 Jun 2018
	PR Stirling	81	02	Ire	Sco	Deventer	17 Jun 2018

30	RG Sharma	97	01	Ind	Ire	Dublin-M	27 Jun 2018
	S Dhawan	74	01	Ind	Ire	Dublin-M	27 Jun 2018
	JNK Shannon	60	02	Ire	Ind	Dublin-M	27 Jun 2018

31	JC Buttler	61	01	Eng	Aus	Birmingham	27 Jun 2018
	AJ Finch	84	02	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	27 Jun 2018

32	DJM Short	76	01	Aus	Pak	Harare	08 Jul 2018
	Fakhar Zaman	91	02	Pak	Aus	Harare	08 Jul 2018

33	Ahmed Hassan	53	01	Mald	Qat	Al Amerat	23 Jan 2019
	Inam-ul-Haq	73*	02	Qat	Mald	Al Amerat	23 Jan 2019

34	Imran Ali Butt	53	01	Bah	Kuw	Al Amerat	23 Jan 2019
	R Sandaruwan	103	02	Kuw	Bah	Al Amerat	23 Jan 2019

35	PR Stirling	56	01	Ire	Sco	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
	KJ O’Brien	65	01	Ire	Sco	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
	HG Munsey	50	02	Sco	Ire	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
	KJ Coetzer	74	02	Sco	Ire	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019

36	H Zazai	162*	01	Afg	Ire	Dehradun	23 Feb 2019
	Usman Ghani	73	01	Afg	Ire	Dehradun	23 Feb 2019
	PR Stirling	91	02	Ire	Afg	Dehradun	23 Feb 2019

37	Virandeep Singh	57	01	Mal	Nep	Kuala Lumpur	13 Jul 2019
	P Khadka	86*	02	Nep	Mal	Kuala Lumpur	13 Jul 2019

38	Ashfaq Ahmed	54	01	UAE	Net	Amstelveen	03 Aug 2019
	MP O’Dowd	51	02	Net	UAE.	Amstelveen	03 Aug 2019

39	Ashfaq Ahmed	56	01	UAE	Net	The Hague	06 Aug 2019
	MP O’Dowd	65	02	Net	UAE.	The Hague	06 Aug 2019

40	N Davin	54	01	Nam	Bot	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
	K Motlhanka	59	02	Bot	Nam	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019

41	G Venkateswaran	59	01	Lux	CZR.	Ilfov County	01 Sep 2019
	H Gori	66	02	CZR	Lux	Ilfov County	01 Sep 2019

42	R Gurbaz	61	01	Afg	Zim	Chattogram	20 Sep 2019
	H Masakadza	71	02	Zim	Afg	Chattogram	20 Sep 2019

43	KJ O’Brien	63	01	Ire	Sco	Dublin-M	20 Sep 2019
	MH Cross	66*	02	Sco	Ire	Dublin-M	20 Sep 2019

44	SA Wijeyeratne	56	01	Can	Oma	Abu Dhabi	25 Oct 2019
	Jatinder Singh	68*	02	Oma	Can	Abu Dhabi	25 Oct 2019

45	PR Stirling	95	01	Ire	Win	St George’s	15 Jan 2020
	E Lewis	53	02	Win	Ire	St George’s	15 Jan 2020

46	C Munro	59	01	NZl	Ind	Auckland	24 Jan 2020
	KL Rahul	56	02	Ind	NZl	Auckland	24 Jan 2020

47	Tamim Iqbal	65	01	Ban	Pak	Lahore	25 Jan 2020
	Babar Azam	66*	02	Pak	Ban	Lahore	25 Jan 2020

48	Q de Kock	70	01	RSA	Aus	Gqeberha	23 Feb 2020
	DA Warner	67*	02	Aus	RSA	Gqeberha	23 Feb 2020

49	LMP Simmons	67*	01	Win	Srl	Pallekele	04 Mar 2020
	MDKJ Perera	66	02	Srl	Win	Pallekele	04 Mar 2020

50	BRM Taylor	59*	01	Zim	Ban	Mirpur	11 Mar 2020
	Litton Das	60*	02	Ban	Zim	Mirpur	11 Mar 2020

51	R Satheesan	92*	01	Rom	Bul	Ilfov County	17 Oct 2020
	R Satheesan	67	01	Rom	Bul	Ilfov County	17 Oct 2020
	B Tahiri	66	02	Bul	Rom	Ilfov County	17 Oct 2020

52	MS Wade	58	01	Aus	Ind	Sydney	06 Dec 2020
	S Dhawan	52	02	Ind	Aus	Sydney	06 Dec 2020

53	Mohd Rizwan	104*	01	Pak	RSA	Lahore	11 Feb 2021
	RR Hendricks	54	02	RSA	Pak	Lahore	11 Feb 2021

54	RG Sharma	64	01	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	20 Mar 2021
	V Kohli	80*	01	Ind	Eng	Ahmedabad	20 Mar 2021
	JC Buttler	52	02	Eng	Ind	Ahmedabad	20 Mar 2021

55	AK Markram	51	01	RSA	Pak	Johannesburg	10 Apr 2021
	Mohd Rizwan	74*	02	Pak	RSA	Johannesburg	10 Apr 2021

56	JN Malan	55	01	RSA	Pak	Centurion	14 Apr 2021
	AK Markram	63	01	RSA	Pak	Centurion	14 Apr 2021
	Mohd Rizwan	73*	02	Pak	RSA	Centurion	14 Apr 2021
	Babar Azam	122	02	Pak	RSA	Centurion	14 Apr 2021

57	Mohd Rizwan	91*	01	Pak	Zim	Harare	25 Apr 2021
	W Madhevere	59	02	Zim	Pak	Harare	25 Apr 2021

58	TC Barker	60	01	Lux	CZR.	Vinor	21 May 2021
	S Davizi	57	02	CZR	Lux	Vinor	21 May 2021

59	S Davizi	57	01	CZR	Aust	Vinor	23 May 2021
	M Simpson-Parker	65*	02	Aust	CZR	Vinor	23 May 2021

60	Q de Kock	60	01	RSA	Win	St George’s	03 Jul 2021
	E Lewis	52	02	Win	RSA	St George’s	03 Jul 2021

61	H Tarakhel	78	01	Bel	Malt	Marsa	10 Jul 2021
	HS Gericke	55	02	Malt	Bel	Marsa	10 Jul 2021

62	AJ Finch	53	01	Aus	Win	Gros Islet	14 Jul 2021
	LMP Simmons	72	02	Win	Aus	Gros Islet	14 Jul 2021

63	Mohd Rizwan	76*	01	Pal	Eng	Manchester	20 Jul 2021
	JJ Roy	64	02	Eng	Pak	Manchester	20 Jul 2021

64	Shahil Momin	61	01	Aust	Bel	Waterloo	24 Jul 2021
	Muhd Muneeb	70*	02	Bel	Aust	Waterloo	24 Jul 2021
	Aziz Mohd	67	02	Bel	Aust	Waterloo	24 Jul 2021

65	W Madhevere	54	01	Zim	Ban	Harare	25 Jul 2021
	Soumya Sarkar	68	02	Ban	Zim	Harare	25 Jul 2021

66	VB Chikkannaiah	81*	01	Ger	Fra	Krefeld	07 Aug 2021
	Usman Shahid	64	02	Fra	Nor	Krefeld	07 Aug 2021

67	L Bruce	60	01	Gib	Malt	Albergaria	20 Aug 2021
	B Arora	59*	02	Malt	Gib	Albergaria	20 Aug 2021

68	E Niyomugabo	51	01	Rwa	Gha	Rwanda	21 Aug 2021
	Amoluk Singh	80*	02	Gha	Rwa	Rwanda	21 Aug 2021

69	B Arora	66*	01	Malt	Gib	Albergaria	21 Aug 2021
	L Bruce	58	02	Gib	Malt	Albergaria	21 Aug 2021

70	R Satheesan	76	01	Rom	Hun	Ilfov County	03 Sep 2021
	Z Kukikhel	76	02	Hun	Rom	Ilfov County	03 Sep 2021

71	H Lakov	64*	01	Bul	CZR.	Ilfov County	04 Sep 2021
	V Jagannivasan	55	02	CZR	Bul	Ilfov County	04 Sep 2021

72	Habib Khan	60	01	Est	Cyp	Episkopi	05 Oct 2021
	Gurpratap Singh	54	02	Cyp	Est	Episkopi	05 Oct 2021

73	A Vala	55	01	PNG	Sco	ICCA Dubai	08 Oct 2021
	HG Munsey	50	02	Sco	PNG.	ICCA Dubai	08 Oct 2021

74	KJ O’Brien	54	01	Ire	UAE.	ICCA Dubai	10 Oct 2021
	MuHd Waseem	107*	02	UAE	Ire	ICCA Dubai	10 Oct 2021

75	JK Vifah	50	01	Gha	Les	Rwanda	17 Oct 2021
	Maaz Khan	63	02	Les	Gha	Rwanda	17 Oct 2021

76	BA Pai	71	01	Gib	Bul	Marsa	24 Oct 2021
	L Bruce	61	01	Gib	Bul	Marsa	24 Oct 2021
	IA De Silva	62	02	Bul	Gib	Marsa	24 Oct 2021

77	M Taylor	60	01	Bah	Arg	N Sound	08 Nov 2021
	P Baron	66*	02	Arg	Bah	N Sound	08 Nov 2021

78	Muhd Waseem	84	01	UAE	Oma	Al Amerat	14 Feb 2022
	KH Prajapati	69*	02	Oma	UAE.	Al Amerat	14 Feb 2022

79	VB Chikkannaiah	50	01	Ger	Bahr	Al Amerat	18 Feb 2022
	Sarfaraz Ali	69*	02	Bahr	Ger	Al Amerat	18 Feb 2022

80	Babar Azam	66	01	Pak	Aus	Lahore	05 Apr 2022
	AJ Finch	55	02	Aus	Pak	Lahore	05 Apr 2022

81	S Ssesazi	54	01	Uga	Nam	Windhoek	08 Apr 2022
	SJ Baard	52*	02	Nam	Uga	Windhoek	08 Apr 2022

82	S Davizi	115*	01	CZR	Bul	Marsa	12 May 2022
	Dylan Steyn	106	01	CZR	Bul	Marsa	12 May 2022
	H Lako	61	02	Bul	CZR	Marsa	12 May 2022
	IA De Silva	59	02	Bul	CZR	Marsa	12 May 2022

83	Dylan Steyn	65	01	CZR	Hun	Marsa	15 May 2022
	A Ahuja	75	02	Hun	CZR	Marsa	15 May 2022

84	W Madhevere	50	01	Zim	Nam	Bulawayo	22 May 2022
	M van Lingen	51	02	Nam	Zim	Bulawayo	22 May 2022

85	IA De Silva	58	02	Bul	Ser	Sofia	25 Jun 2022
	A Dizija	92	01	Ser	Bul	Sofia	25 Jun 2022

86	BA Pai	76*	01	Gib	Belg	Gent	28 Jun 2022
	Aziz Mohd	72	02	Bel	Gib	Gent	28 Jun 2022

87	SV Samson	77	01	Ind	Ire	Dublin-M	28 Jun 2022
	A Balbirnie	60	02	Ire	Ind	Dublin-M	28 Jun 2022

88	S Davizi	111*	01	CZR	Aust	Vinor	09 Jul 2022
	Mirza Ahsan	57	02	Aust	CZR	Vinor	09 Jul 2022

89	Faheem Nazir	107*	01	Swi	Est	Kerava	27 Jul 2022
	Ali Masood	69*	02	Est	Swi	Kerava	27 Jul 2022

90	KR Mayers	73	01	Win	Ind	Basseterre	02 Aug 2022
	SA Yadav	76	02	Ind	Win	Basseterre	02 Aug 2022

91	Usman Ghani	59	01	Afg	Ire	Belfast	09 Aug 2022
	A Balbirnie	51	02	Ire	Afg	Belfast	09 Aug 2022

92	R Sandaruwan	51	01	Kuw	Bahr	Al Amerat	13 Aug 2022
	Umer Toor	72	02	Bahr	Kuw	Al Amerat	13 Aug 2022

93	RG Sharma	72	01	Ind	Srl	Dub-DSC	06 Sep 2022
	P Nissanka	52	02	Srl	Ind	Dub-DSC	06 Sep 2022
	BKG Mendis	57	02	Srl	Ind	Dub-DSC	06 Sep 2022

94	KL Rahul	55	01	Ind	Aus	Mohali	20 Sep 2022
	C Green	61	02	Aus	Ind	Mohali	20 Sep 2022

95	Mohd Rizwan	68	01	Pak	Eng	Karachi	20 Sep 2022
	AD Hales	53	02	Eng	Pak	Karachi	20 Sep 2022

96	Babar Azam	87*	01	Pak	Eng	Lahore	30 Sep 2022
	PD Salt	88*	02	Eng	Pak	Lahore	30 Sep 2022

97	KL Rahul	57	01	Ind	RSA	Guwahati	02 Oct 2022
	Q de Kock	69*	02	RSA	Ind	Guwahati	02 Oct 2022

98	JC Buttler	68	01	Eng	Aus	Perth	09 Oct 2022
	AD Hales	84	01	Eng	Aus	Perth	09 Oct 2022
	DA Warner	73	02	Aus	Eng	Perth	09 Oct 2022

Both the openers scoring fifties in a T20I – Some interesting derivatives

11/10/2022 hrg

The only occasion of both the openers scoring centuries in a T20I was witnessed when Czech Republic openers S Davizi and D Steyn scored 115 not out and 106 against Bulgaria at Marsa on 12 May 2022

No	Players	Score	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
01	S Davizi	115*	Czech Republic	Bulgaria	Marsa	12.05.22
	D Steyn	106	Czech Republic	Bulgaria	Marsa	12.05.22

The following table lists the 17 occasions of one of the opener scoring a half century and the other a century.

No	Players	Score	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	J Charles	79	West Indies	India	Lauderhill	27.08.16
	E Lewis	100	West Indies	India	Lauderhill	27.08.16

2	R G Sharma	118	India	Sri Lanka	Indore	22.12.17
	K L Rahul	89	India	Sri Lanka	Indore	22.12.17

3	M J Guptill	63	New Zealand	West Indies	Mt Maunganui	03.01.18
	C Munro	104	New Zealand	West Indies	Mt Maunganui	03.01.18

4	M J Guptill	105	New Zealand	Australia	Auckland	16.02.18
	C Munro	76	New Zealand	Australia	Auckland	16.02.18

5	Hazratullah Zazai	162*	Afghanistan	Ireland	Dehradun	23.02.19
	Usman Ghani	73	Afghanistan	Ireland	Dehradun	23.02.19

6	P D Hennessy	71	Spain	Malta	Cartagena	30.03.19
	Awais Ahmed	102	Spain	Malta	Cartagena	30.03.19

7	H G Munsey	127*	Scotland	Netherlands	Dublin-M	16.09.19
	K J Coetzer	89	Scotland	Netherlands	Dublin-M	16.09.19

8	A J Finch	64	Australia	Sri Lanka	Adelaide	27.10.19
	D A Warner	100*	Australia	Sri Lanka	Adelaide	27.10.19

9	P Khadka	57	Nepal	Bhutan	Kirtipur	05.12.19
	G Malla	107	Nepal	Bhutan	Kirtipur	05.12.19

10	Mohd Rizwan	73*	Pakistan	South Africa	Centurion	14.04.21
	Babar Azam	122	Pakistan	South Africa	Centurion	14.04.21

11	B A Pai	107*	Gibraltar	Bulgaria	Marsa	23.10.21
	L Bruce	73	Gibraltar	Bulgaria	Marsa	23.10.21

12	J Bulele	59	Mozambique	Cameroon	Abu Dhabi
	F Damiao Couana	104	Mozambique	Cameroon	Abu Dhabi	03.11.21

13	R Pathan	107*	Canada	Panama	Coolidge	13.11.21
	N S Dhaliwal	65	Canada	Panama	Coolidge	13.11.21

14	R Pathan	73	Canada	Philippines	Al Amerat	18.02.22
	M Spoors	108*	Canada	Philippines	Al Amerat	18.02.22

15	R Sateeshan	53	Romania	Czech Republic	Marsa	13.05.22
	Taranjeet Singh	110	Romania	Czech Republic	Marsa	13.05.22

16	K L Rahul	63	India	Afghanistan	Dub-DSC	08.09.22
	V Kohli	122	India	Afghanistan	Dub-DSC	08.09.22

17	Mohd Rizwan	88*	Pakistan	England	Karachi	22.09.22
	Babar Azam	110*	Pakistan	England	Karachi	22.09.22

The following table lists the twelve occasions of both the openers scoring unbeaten fifties in the history of T20Is.

No	Players	Score	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	G C Smith	71*	South Africa	Pakistan	Johannesburg	02.02.07
	L L Bosman	53*	South Africa	Pakistan	Johannesburg	02.02.07

2	D O Obuya	65*	Kenya	Scotland	Nairobi-G	04.02.10
	S O Tikolo	56*	Kenya	Scotland	Nairobi-G	04.02.10

3	A D Hales	62*	England	West Indies	The Oval	23.09.11
	C Kieswetter	58*	England	West Indies	The Oval	23.09.11

4	M J Lumb	53*	England	New Zealand	Wellington	15.02.13
	A D Hales	80*	England	New Zealand	Wellington	15.02.13

5	M J Guptill	87*	New Zealand	Pakistan	Hamilton	17.01.16
	K S Williamson	72*	New Zealand	Pakistan	Hamilton	17.01.16

6	Taranjeet Singh	57*	Romania	Serbia	Southampton	26.06.21
	R Satheesan	56*	Romania	Serbia	Southampton	26.06.21

7	R R Hendricks	56*	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	14.09.21
	Q de Kock	59*	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	14.09.21

8	Aqib Ilyas	50*	Oman	PNG	Al Amerat	17.10.21
	Jatinder Singh	73*	Oman	PNG	Al Amerat	17.10.21

9	Mohd Rizwan	79*	Pakistan	India	Dub-DSC	24.10.21
	Babar Azam	68*	Pakistan	India	Dub-DSC	24.10.21

10	B A Pai	87*	Gibraltar	Bulgaria	Marsa	13.05.22
	L Bruce	99*	Gibraltar	Bulgaria	Marsa	13.05.22

11	A J Finch	61*	Australia	Sri Lanka	Marsa	07.06.22
	D A Warner	70*	Australia	Sri Lanka	Marsa	07.06.22

12	Mohd Rizwan	88*	Pakistan	England	Karachi	22.09.22
	Babar Azam	110*	Pakistan	England	Karachi	22.09.22

Twenty20 Internationals has witnessed four occasions of both the openers from rival teams scoring fifties. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Score	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	D A Warner	59	Australia	New Zealand	Auckland	16.02.18
2	D J M Short	76	Australia	New Zealand	Auckland	16.02.18
3	M J Guptill	105	New Zealand	Australia	Auckland	16.02.18
4	C Munro	76	New Zealand	Australia	Auckland	16.02.18

1	H G Munsey	50	Scotland	Ireland	Al Amerat	15.02.19
2	K J Coetzer	74	Scotland	Ireland	Al Amerat	15.02.19
3	P R Stirling	56	Ireland	Scotland	Al Amerat	15.02.19
4	K J O’Brien	65	Ireland	Scotland	Al Amerat	15.02.19

1	Mohd Rizwan	73*	Pakistan	South Africa	Centurion	14.04.21
2	Babar Azam	122	Pakistan	South Africa	Centurion	14.04.21
3	J N Malan	55	South Africa	Pakistan	Centurion	14.04.21
4	A K Markram	62	South Africa	Pakistan	Centurion	14.04.21

1	S Davizi	115*	Czech Republic	Bulgaria	Marsa	12.05.22
2	D Steyn	106	Czech Republic	Bulgaria	Marsa	12.05.22
3	H Lakov	51	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Marsa	12.05.22
4	I A D Silva	50	Bulgaria	Czech Republic	Marsa	12.05.22

Twenty20 Internationals has witnessed five occasions of openers scoring identical runs in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Score	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	Kamran Akmal	73	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Gros Islet	01.05.10
	Salman Butt	73	Pakistan	Bangladesh	Gros Islet	01.05.10

2	Sharjeel Khan	59	Pakistan	England	Manchester	07.09.16
	Khalid Latif	59*	Pakistan	England	Manchester	07.09.16

3	R G Sharma	80	India	New Zealand	Delhi	01.11.17
	S Dhawan	80	India	New Zealand	Delhi	01.11.17

4	M P O’Dowd	58	Netherlands	Bermuda	Dub-DSC	26.10.19
	B N Cooper	58	Netherlands	Bermuda	Dub-DSC	26.10.19

5	Chirag Suri	51	UAE	Kuwait	Al Amerat	24.02.20
	Rohan Mustafa	53	UAE	Kuwait	Al Amerat	24.02.20

Twenty20 Internationals has witnessed five occasions of one of the openers scoring a half century and another ninety in an innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Players	Score	Team	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	G C Smith	83	South Africa	England	Centurion	15.11.09
	L L Bosman	94	South Africa	England	Centurion	15.11.09

2	R G Sharma	97	India	Ireland	Dublin-M	27.06.18
	S Dhawan	74	India	Ireland	Dublin-M	27.06.18

3	R G Sharma	71	India	West Indies	Wankhede	11.12.19
	K L Rahul	91	India	West Indies	Wankhede	11.12.19

4	B A Pai	86*	Gibraltar	Bulgaria	Marsa	13.05.22
	L Bruce	99*	Gibraltar	Bulgaria	Marsa	13.05.22

5	Zubaidi Zulkifle	96	Malaysia	Bhutan	Vizag	02.07.22
	Virandeep Singh	54	Malaysia	Bhutan	Vizag	02.07.22

Both the England openers scoring fifties in an innings in a T20I

10/10/2022 hrg

England openers JC Buttler and AD Hales scored 68 and 84 respectively against Australia at Perth on 09 Oct 2022 to provide the 91^st occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in an innings in a T20I. It also provides the fourth occasion of both the England openers scoring fifties in a T20I innings. All the four occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	AD Hales	62*	2	Win	The Oval	23 Sep 2011
2	C Kieswetter	58*	2	Win	The Oval	23 Sep 2011

1	MJ Lumb	53*	2	NZl	Wellington	15 Feb 2013
2	AD Hales	80*	2	NZl	Wellington	15 Feb 2013

1	JM Bairstow	51	1	Srl	Southampton	26 Jun 2021
2	DJ Malan	76	1	Srl	Southampton	26 Jun 2021

1	JC Buttler	68	1	Aus	Perth	09 Oct 2022
2	AD Hales	84	1	Aus	Perth	09 Oct 2022

It also provides the third occasion of both the openers scoring fifties in a T20I innings against Australia. All the three occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	88	2	Win	Aus	The Oval	06 Jun 2009
2	ADS Fletcher	53	2	Win	Aus	The Oval	06 Jun 2009

1	MJ Guptill	105	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	16 Feb 2018
2	C Munro	76	1	NZl	Aus	Auckland	16 Feb 2018

1	JC Buttler	68	1	Eng	Aus	Perth	09 Oct 2022
2	AD Hales	84	1	Eng	Aus	Perth	09 Oct 2022

DA Warner of Australia registers his 25th T20I fifty to become the fourth batsman to post 25 fifties in T20Is

10/10/2022 hrg

DA Warner of Australia scored 73 against England at Perth on 09 Oct 2022. This knock fetched him his 25th fifty as batsman in T20Is. He became the fourth batsman in the history of T20Is to score 25 plus fifties. Other batsmen to score 25 plus fifties in T20Is are = V Kohli {34}, RG Sharma {32] and Babar Azam {30} occupy the first three places.

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	089	084	13	3140	122	44.22	2	28	30
4	DA Warner	Aus	094	094	11	2846	100*	34.28	1	24	25

The following table lists the 25 fifties scored by DA Warner as a batsman in Twenty20 Internationals

No	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	89	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	11 Jan 2009
2	63	1	v West Indies	The Oval	06 Jun 2009
3	67	2	v West Indies	Sydney	23 Feb 2010
4	72	1	v India	Bridgetown	07 May 2010
5	53	2	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	06 Aug 2011
6	58	2	v West Indies	Bridgetown	30 Mar 2012
7	59	1	v Pakistan	Dub-DSC	10 Sep 2012
8	63*	2	v India	Col-RPS	28 Sep 2012
9	90*	1	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	26 Jan 2013
10	53	2	v England	Che-le-Str	31 Aug 2013
11	53*	2	v Pakistan	Dub-DSC	05 Oct 2014
12	77	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016
13	59	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	16 Feb 2018
14	100*	1	v Sri Lanka	Adelaide	27 Oct 2019
15	60*	2	v Sri Lanka	Brisbane	30 Oct 2019
16	57*	2	v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	01 Nov 2019
17	67*	2	v South Africa	Gqeberha	23 Feb 2020
18	57	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	26 Feb 2020
19	58	2	v England	Southampton	04 Sep 2020
10	65	2	v Sri Lanka	Dub-DSC	28 Oct 2021
21	89*	2	v West Indies	Abu Dhabi	06 Nov 2021
22	53	2	v New Zealand	Dub-DSC	14 Nov 2021
23	70*	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	07 Jun 2022
24	75	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	07 Oct 2022
25	73	2	v England	Perth	09 Oct 2022

Batsmen who have scored 50 plus boundary sixes in T20Is

08/10/2022 hrg

Babar Azam’s 87 not out against England at Lahore on 30 Sep 2022 contained three boundary sixes which fetched him 50 boundary sixes in T20Is. He became 64^th batsman and sixth Pakistan batsman to score 50 plus boundary sixes in the history of T20Is. The following table lists all the batsmen who have accomplished the feat.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	6s
1	RG Sharma	Ind	142	134	17	3737	118	31.94	4	28	178
2	MJ Guptill	NZl	121	117	7	3497	105	31.79	2	20	172
3	CH Gayle	Win	79	75	7	1899	117	27.92	2	14	124
4	EJG Morgan	Eng	115	107	21	2458	91	28.58	0	14	120
5	AJ Finch	Aus	97	97	11	2988	172	34.74	2	18	119
6	PR Stirling	Ire	114	113	8	3011	115*	28.67	1	20	111
7	E Lewis	Win	50	49	3	1423	125*	30.93	2	10	110
8	V Kohli	Ind	109	101	28	3712	122*	50.84	1	33	109
9	C Munro	NZl	65	62	7	1724	109*	31.34	3	11	107
10	DA Warner	Aus	93	93	11	2773	100*	33.81	1	23	103
11	DA Miller	RSA	107	93	32	2069	106*	33.91	2	05	100
12	GJ Maxwell	Aus	92	84	13	2025	145*	28.52	3	09	99
13	KA Pollard	Win	101	83	21	1569	75*	25.30	0	06	99
14	JC Buttler	Eng	94	86	18	2227	101*	32.75	1	15	96
15	BB McCullum	NZl	71	70	10	2140	123	35.66	2	13	91
16	KL Rahul	Ind	66	62	8	2137	110*	39.57	2	20	91
17	Mohd Nabi	Afg	101	93	16	1669	89	21.67	0	04	89
18	N Zadran	Afg	83	73	25	1559	73	32.47	0	08	87
19	SR Watson	Aus	58	56	6	1462	124*	29.24	1	10	83
20	KJ O’Brien	Ire	110	103	10	1973	124	21.21	1	05	82
21	N Pooran	Win	69	61	8	1402	74*	26.45	0	09	82
22	Mohd Hafeez	Pak	119	108	13	2514	99*	26.46	0	14	76
23	Mohd Shahzad	Afg	70	70	3	2015	118*	30.07	1	12	75
24	TP Ura	PNG	39	38	7	1202	107*	38.77	1	10	74
25	Yuvraj Singh	Ind	58	51	9	1177	77*	28.02	0	08	74
26	Q de Kock	RSA	72	71	8	2032	79*	32.25	0	13	73
27	Shahid Afridi	Pak	99	91	12	1416	54*	17.92	0	04	73
28	JP Duminy	RSA	81	75	25	1934	96*	38.68	0	11	71
29	LRPL Taylor	NZl	102	94	21	1909	63	26.15	0	07	71
30	Asghar Afghan	Afg	75	68	5	1382	62	21.93	0	04	69
31	JJ Roy	Eng	64	64	1	1522	78	24.15	0	08	69
32	MN Samuels	Win	67	65	10	1611	89*	29.29	0	10	69
33	Shoaib Malik	Pak	124	111	33	2435	75	31.21	0	09	69
34	LMP Simmons	Win	68	67	10	1527	91*	26.78	0	09	68
35	Mohd Rizwan	Pak	70	59	15	2341	104*	53.20	1	21	66
36	H Masakadza	Zim	66	66	2	1662	93*	25.96	0	11	65
37	Mahmudullah	Ban	121	113	23	2122	64*	23.57	0	06	64
38	NLTC Perera	Srl	84	74	22	1204	61	23.15	0	03	64
39	SA Yadav	Ind	34	32	5	1045	117	38.70	1	09	63
40	AD Russell	Win	67	57	19	741	51	19.50	0	01	62
41	AB de Villiers	RSA	78	75	11	1672	79*	26.12	0	10	60
42	HG Munsey	Sco	53	51	3	1317	127*	27.43	1	07	58
43	SK Raina	Ind	78	66	11	1605	101	29.18	1	05	58
44	JM Bairstow	Eng	66	60	12	1337	90	27.85	0	08	57
45	AD Hales	Eng	66	66	7	1774	116*	30.06	1	09	57
46	H Zazai	Afg	33	33	3	960	162*	32.00	1	03	56
47	RD Berrington	Sco	76	69	14	1718	100	31.23	1	07	55
48	DJ Bravo	Win	91	74	17	1255	66*	22.01	0	04	55
49	Umar Akmal	Pak	84	79	14	1690	94	26.00	0	08	55
50	DJ Malan	Eng	48	47	6	1585	103*	38.65	1	13	54
51	HH Pandya	Ind	73	54	15	989	71*	25.35	0	02	54
52	MD Shanaka	Srl	74	70	16	1126	74*	20.85	0	04	54
53	E Chigumbura	Zim	57	56	9	893	54*	19.00	0	03	53
54	R Powell	Win	52	43	8	851	107	24.31	1	04	53
55	MS Dhoni	Ind	98	85	42	1617	56	37.60	0	02	52
56	MM Ali	Eng	62	54	13	933	72*	22.75	0	07	51
57	ADS Fletcher	Win	54	52	7	950	84*	21.11	0	06	51
58	MDKJ Perera	Srl	60	59	1	1539	84	26.53	0	12	51
59	R Sandaruwan	Kuw	27	27	2	890	103	35.60	1	05	51
60	Babar Azam	Pak	89	84	13	3140	122	44.22	2	28	50
61	S Dhawan	Ind	68	66	3	1759	92	27.92	0	11	50
62	F du Plessis	RSA	50	50	7	1528	119	35.53	1	10	50
63	GD Phillips	NZl	45	39	7	982	108	30.68	1	05	50
64	R Gurbaz	Afg	32	32	0	828	87	25.87	0	05	50

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	6s
1	Mohd Hafeez	Pak	119	108	13	2514	99*	26.46	0	14	76
2	Shahid Afridi	Pak	99	91	12	1416	54*	17.92	0	04	73
3	Shoaib Malik	Pak	124	111	33	2435	75	31.21	0	09	69
4	Mohd Rizwan	Pak	70	59	15	2341	104*	53.20	1	21	66
5	Umar Akmal	Pak	84	79	14	1690	94	26.00	0	08	55
6	Babar Azam	Pak	89	84	13	3140	122	44.22	2	28	50

All about Babar Azam’s fifties in Twenty20 Internationals

08/10/2022 hrg

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 30^th 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 24^th 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 20^th 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.

Player

Team

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

50+

Babar Azam

Pak

1850

122

41.11

200

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 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.

Player

Team

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

50+

AJ Finch

Aus

2104

172

32.87

215

Babar Azam

Pak

1850

122

41.11

200

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 17^th fifty and 15^th 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.

Player

Team

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

50+

Babar Azam

Pak

1653

122

40.31

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	122	2	v South Africa	Centurion	14 Apr 2021
8	85	1	v England	Nottingham	16 Jul 2021
9	68*	2	v India	Dub-DSC	24 Oct 2021
10	51	2	v Afghanistan	Dub-DSC	29 Oct 2021
11	70	1	v Namibia	Abu Dhabi	02 Nov 2021
12	66	1	v Scotland	Sharjah	07 Nov 2021
13	79	2	v West Indies	Karachi	16 Dec 2021
14	66	1	v Australia	Lahore	05 Apr 2022
15	110*	2	v England	Karachi	22 Sep 2022
16	87*	1	v England	Lahore	30 Sep 2022
17	79*	2	v New Zealand	Ch’church	08 Oct 2022

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan becomes the first wicket keeper batsman to score twenty half centuries in T20Is.

08/10/2022 hrg

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan scored 78 not out against Bangladesh at Christchurch on 07 Oct 2022 in the ongoing T20I Tri series involving Pakistan Bangladesh and New Zealand in New Zealand. This knock fetched him an aggregate of 2196 runs which makes him to own the record for most runs by a wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is. He is one of the three wicket keeper batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs in T20Is. Others are JC Buttler {2119} and Q de Kock {2019}

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	Mohd Rizwan	Pak	63	54	14	2196	104*	54.90	1	20	3	193	62
2	JC Buttler	Eng	78	74	14	2119	101*	35.31	1	15	5	183	93
3	Q de Kock	RSA	71	70	08	2019	79*	32.56	0	13	4	204	73

His 78 not out in this game fetched him another milestone in the history of T20Is. It was his 20^th half century in T20Is. He became the first batsman in T20Is to score 20 half centuries. He has scored a century – 104 not out against South Africa at Lahore on 11 Feb 2021. Thus he has scored 21 fifties in T20Is. He is the only wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is to score 20 plus fifties. The following table lists his 21 fifties.

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	Jo’burg	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	A 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
21	78*	1	v Bangladesh	Ch’church	07 Oct 2022

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