Mohammad Rizwan is one of the best Wicket-Keeper batsmen in the world. This star player of Pakistan has proved it once again. He hit a blistering half-century in the 5th and final T20I match against New Zealand. With this, he has become the highest run scorer in T20 International as a wicket-keeper. He left behind Jos Buttler of England.
Regarding the match played in Rawalpindi, Pakistan scored an excellent score of 193 runs for 5 wickets while playing first. Opener batsman Mohammad Rizwan scored an unbeaten 98 off 62 balls. However, he remained 2 runs away from scoring his second century of T20 International. But Kiwi star batter Mark Chapman scored an unbeaten 104 to give New Zealand a 6-wicket win. In this way, the series of 5 matches became equal to 2-2. One match was cancelled due to rain.
If we look at the T20 International record of Mohammad Rizwan, he has scored 2656 runs in 69 innings of 79 matches at an average of 49. He has scored a century and 24 half-centuries with a strike rate of 128. His Unbeaten 104 runs is the best performance. Rizwan has also hit 234 fours and 70 sixes in T20 International.
Before Mohammad Rizwan, the record of scoring the most runs as a wicket-keeper in T20 International was in the name of England captain Jos Buttler. He has scored 2605 runs in 86 innings of 90 matches at an average of 37, including a century and 20 half-centuries with a strike rate of 145.
On the other hand, Quinton De Kock of South Africa has scored 2264 runs in 78 innings of 79 matches. A century and 14 half-centuries registered to his name. Apart from these three players, this is the only one who has reached the figure of 2000 runs.
MS Dhoni is at number 5 in terms of scoring the most runs in T20 International as a wicket-keeper. Dhoni has scored 1617 runs in 85 innings of 98 matches at an average of 38. Has scored 2 half-centuries. The strike rate is 126. Dhoni said goodbye to international cricket 3 years ago, but he still appears in T20 IPL.
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Overall T20 record of Mohammad Rizwan is also excellent. So far, he has scored 6945 runs in 208 innings of 238 matches at an average of 44. He has scored 2 centuries and 59 half-centuries with a strike rate of 127. Rizwan wants to take this performance forward in the ODI series against New Zealand. The 5-match series between the two countries starts on 27 April.
