Lahore
\nFormer Pakistan captain Babar Azam overtook India\u2019s Virat Kohli\u2019s mark in the third and final T20I against South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
\nBabar\u2019s match-winning 68 off 47 balls, with nine fours, lifted him to 40 fifty-plus scores in T20 internationals, surpassing Kohli\u2019s 39. India\u2019s Rohit Sharma is third with 37, while Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan is fourth on 31.
\nIn the final match, Pakistan chased down a modest 140-run target to clinch a six-wicket victory with six balls remaining, thanks to Babar\u2019s steady half-century.
\nThe hosts had an early setback when opener Saim Ayub departed for a six-ball duck, but Babar and Sahibzada Farhan steadied the innings with a 36-run partnership. Farhan contributed 19 off 18 balls before falling in the seventh over.
\nBabar then joined forces with skipper Salman Ali Agha, adding a brisk 76-run stand for the third wicket. Babar top-scored with 68, while Agha chipped in with a quick 33 off 26 balls.
\nDespite a late stumble at 133 for six, Faheem Ashraf and Usman Khan held their composure to take Pakistan home.
\nEarlier, Pakistan\u2019s decision to bowl first proved effective as Shaheen Afridi and Salman Mirza led a disciplined bowling effort to restrict South Africa to 139 for nine in 20 overs.
\nBoth teams will now head to Faisalabad for a three-match ODI series scheduled from November 4 to 8.
\nMost fifty-plus scores in T20I career:
\nBabar Azam (Pakistan) \u2013 40
\nVirat Kohli (India) \u2013 39
\nRohit Sharma (India) \u2013 37
\nMohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) \u2013 31
\nDavid Warner (Australia) \u2013 29
\nJos Buttler (England) \u2013 29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lahore Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam overtook India\u2019s Virat Kohli\u2019s mark in the third and final T20I against South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday. Babar\u2019s match-winning 68 off 47 balls, with nine fours, lifted him to 40 fifty-plus scores in T20 internationals, surpassing Kohli\u2019s 39. India\u2019s Rohit Sharma is third with 37, while Pakistan …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":88987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88982"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89015,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88982\/revisions\/89015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}