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The Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team ended their campaign in the T20 World Cup with a win against Ireland. The Green Men did not look in rhythm in this tournament, they also struggled against Ireland, but then the team won by 3 wickets thanks to Babar Azam’s captaincy innings. Babar top-scored with 32 runs in the match against Ireland and led the team to victory in a low-scoring encounter. With this 32 runs, Babar has achieved MS Dhoni’s record number-1 position as a captain in the T20 World Cup.
Babar Azam now T20 World Cup He has become the highest run-scorer in India’s history as a captain. Yes, he has scored the highest 549 runs at an average of 36.60 and a strike rate of 111.35 in 17 innings played so far in this mega tournament. Meanwhile, his highest score has been 70 runs. While Dhoni scored 529 runs in 29 innings for India as captain in the T20 World Cup.
Apart from Babar and Dhoni, New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene and South Africa’s Graeme Smith are also in the top-5 list of players who scored the most runs as a captain in the T20 World Cup.
Most Runs as Captain in T20 World Cup-
Babar Azam (Pakistan) – 549 runs in 17 innings
MS Dhoni (India) – 529 runs in 29 innings
Kane Williamson – 527 runs in 19 innings
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) – 360 runs in 11 innings
Graeme Smith (South Africa) – 352 runs in 16 innings
Talking about the Pakistan vs Ireland match, the Irish team batting first in this match gave Pakistan a target of 107 runs to win. Chasing this score, the Pakistani team got off to a slow start. In such a situation, there came a time when the team found themselves in trouble by losing 4 wickets. At one point Pakistan’s score was 62/6. Babar then shared a crucial partnership of 33 runs with Abbas Afridi to lead the team to victory.