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A 3-match ODI series is being played between South Africa and Pakistan cricket team. The second match of the series was played on 19 December. Pakistan performed brilliantly in this match and won the series by a huge margin of 81 runs. Babar Azam made 4 records in his name in this match. Apart from this, he also broke the big record of MS Dhoni.
Babar Azam broke MS Dhoni’s record
Babar Azam played an innings of 73 runs in 95 balls in this match. He broke MS Dhoni’s record by scoring a half-century. Actually, Babar Azam has left MS Dhoni behind in terms of scoring half-centuries against the host countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia). MS Dhoni has scored 38 half-centuries in his career. But now Babar has scored 39 half-centuries in Army matches.
Became the second batsman of Pakistan
After this half-century, Babar Azam became the second player to score the most half-centuries for Pakistan. Former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has the most centuries for Pakistan, with 129 centuries across all three formats, followed by Babar Ozam and Mohammad Yousuf. Both have scored 95-95 half-centuries respectively.
Completed 1 thousand runs in the year 2024
In the second ODI match against South Africa, Babar scored 1 thousand runs in the year 2024. He has scored 1062 runs in 36 innings of 33 matches at an average of 32.18.
Babar completed 9 thousand runs
In the second ODI against South Africa, Babar completed 9 thousand runs in List A cricket. It took him 186 innings to complete 9 thousand runs. During this period, Babar scored 30 centuries and 50 half-centuries.
Pakistan won the match
In the second ODI, Pakistan, batting first, scored 329/10 runs in 49.5 overs. Apart from Babar, captain Mohammad Rizwan played an inning of 80 runs and Kamran Ghulam played an inning of 63 runs. In reply, South Africa was all out at 248/10 in 43.1 overs.