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Babar Azam opened for Pakistan within the first match of Champions Trophy 2025 and scored 64 runs from 90 balls towards New Zealand in Karachi on Wednesday.
Babar Azam turns into 2nd Pakistani to attain 100 half-centuries in worldwide cricket. (Image Credit score: X/@TheRealPCB)
Star Pakistani batter and former captain Babar Azam, who scored 64 runs from 90 balls for Mohammad Rizwan-led facet within the first match of Champions Trophy 2025 towards New Zealand at Nationwide Stadium in Karachi, entered his identify in historical past books on Wednesday, February 19, by changing into solely the second Pakistani batter to attain 100 half-centuries in worldwide cricket. Since making his worldwide debut for Pakistan towards Zimbabwe throughout an ODI match performed at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Might 31, 2015, Babar has scored 29 fifties in 59 Exams, 35 half-centuries in 127 ODIs, and 36 fifties in 128 T20Is.
Solely former captain and legendary batter Inzamam-ul-Haq has hammered extra half-centuries for Babar in worldwide cricket for the Males in Inexperienced. Throughout his 16-year-long profession, Inzamam performed 120 Exams and 378 ODIs for Pakistan and hammered 46 and 83 half-centuries, respectively.
Most half-centuries for Pakistan
- Inzamam-ul-Haq: 129
- Babar Azam: 100
- Mohammad Yousuf: 95
- Javed Miandad: 93
- Misbah-ul-Haq: 84
- Younis Khan: 83
- Saleem Malik: 76
- Saeed Anwar: 68
- Mohammad Hafeez: 64
- Shoaib Malik: 61
The general report of scoring probably the most half-centuries in worldwide cricket is held by former India batter Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar scored 164 fifties in 664 matches for Staff India throughout his 24-year-long worldwide profession, and he’s adopted by Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (153), South Africa’s Jacques Kallis (149), India’s Rahul Dravid (146), Australia’s Ricky Ponting (146), and India’s Virat Kohli (142).
Babar is the twenty first batter on the planet to attain 100 or extra half-centuries in worldwide cricket.
Most half-centuries in worldwide cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 164
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, Asia, ICC) – 153
- Jacques Kallis (South Africa, Africa, ICC) – 149
- Rahul Dravid (India, Asia, ICC) – 146
- Ricky Ponting (Australia, ICC) – 146
- Virat Kohli (India) – 142
- Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka, Asia) – 136
- Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan, Asia, ICC) – 129
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) – 125
- Brian Lara (West Indies, ICC) – 111
- Joe Root (England) – 110
- Ab de Villiers (South Africa, Africa) – 109
- MS Dhoni (India, Asia) – 108
- Rohit Sharma (India) – 107
- Sourav Ganguly (India, Asia) – 107
- Chris Gayle (West Indies, ICC) – 105
- Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka, Asia) – 103
- Allan Border (Australia) – 102
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand) – 101
- Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) – 100
- Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 100
Pakistan misplaced by 60 runs
Within the first match of Champions Trophy 2025, Pakistan suffered a humiliating defeat by 60 runs towards New Zealand. The Kiwis, after being invited to bat first by Pakistan captain Rizwan, rode on twin centuries from Will Younger (107) and Tom Latham (118*) to submit a complete of 320/5 on the board after which dismissed the defending champions and hosts for 260 in 47.2 overs. For Pakistan, aside from Babar, Khushdil Shah scored 69 runs from 49 balls.
Regardless of his first half-century as a gap batter for Pakistan in ODIs, Babar confronted quite a lot of criticism from followers and consultants on Wednesday as a result of his sluggish knock. Within the run chase of 321 runs, Babar performed with a strike charge of 71.11 and solely managed to attain six fours and one six.
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Karachi, Pakistan