Batsman Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan’s top order equaled the remarkable record of India’s captain Rohit Sharma for the most number of half centuries as an opening batsman in T20 internationals on Tuesday. Having achieved this feat during a commanding performance by his country Pakistan beating Canada by seven wickets at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.
In dynamic 20-over cricket, both Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan and India’s skipper Rohit have reached an impressive total of thirty half centuries each as openers. Rizwan has taken just 71 innings to accomplish the feat, whilst it took Rohit 118 innings to reach that same landmark.
Additionally, Mohammad Rizwan set another unwanted record during Pakistan’s convincing win over Canada in the T20 World Cup when he recorded the slowest fifty (by balls faced) in this prestigious tournament.
On Tuesday against Canada in New York, the veteran aged 32 needed 52 deliveries to score his half-century. Before him was South African hard-hitting David Miller who scored a fifty off fifty balls against Netherlands this year during T20 World Cup.
Pakistan’s spirited skipper Babar Azam takes up third place on the list having scored a fantastic twenty eight fifties as an opener in t20s while Australia’s power hitter David Warner has hit twenty seven fifties since featuring in ninety eight T20I games as an opener.
