Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam created history and achieved a massive milestone after surpassing India opener Rohit Sharma during the second T20I against South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Saturday.

Although Babar scored only 11 not out off 18, his knock turned out to be significant for him as he overtook Rohit to become the highest run-getter in the men's Twenty20 internationals. Babar needed nine runs to surpass Rohit's record of 4231 T20I runs. He overtook the Indian batter's record when he drove spinner Donovan Ferreira for a single to long off.

The 31-year-old Babar has 4234 runs in 130 T20Is, including 36 half-centuries and three hundreds, but his strike-rate of 129 has often been criticised. On the other hand, Rohit played 159 T20s but quit international cricket's

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