Babar Azam broke Dhoni's old record, became number 1 in T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup 2024: Pakistan cricket team's T20 World Cup tour ended two days earlier due to rain in the match. However, Pakistan's condition worsened even in the final official match against Ireland. Finally, the Babar Azam-led Pakistani cricket team ended its campaign in the T20 World Cup with a win against Ireland. The entire Pakistan team, which entered the tournament with the tag line of the magician of speed, was out of rhythm and the situation was similar in the final match as well.

Pakistan was also in trouble against Ireland while chasing 107 runs, but on the basis of Babar Azam's aggressive captaincy innings, the team won by 3 wickets. Babar led the team to victory by playing the highest scoring innings of 32 runs in a low-scoring match against Ireland. With these 32 runs, Babar has achieved the record number-1 position as captain in the T20 World Cup after MS Dhoni.

Highest Scorer Captain:

Babar Azam has now become the highest run scorer as captain in the history of T20 World Cup. The highest score in the 17 innings played so far in this mega tournament has been 549 runs at an average of 36.60 and a strike rate of 111.35, with the highest score being 70 runs. Dhoni, who came second, scored 529 runs in 29 innings for India as captain in the T20 World Cup.

Apart from Babar and Dhoni, the top-5 list of players who scored the most runs as captain in the T20 World Cup also includes New Zealand's Kane Williamson, Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene and South Africa's Graeme Smith.

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

The match was won by Mahamusibat:

Talking about the Pakistan vs Ireland match, in this match, the Irish team batted first and gave Pakistan a target of 107 runs to win. The Pakistani team, which came out to chase this score, had a slow start and at one time its score was 62/6. After this, Babar made an important partnership of 33 runs with Abbas Afridi and later Shaheen Afridi's innings gave the team victory.