Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan became the third hitter in the world on Thursday to score 1500 or more T20 runs in a calendar year after his outstanding performance of 78 from 50 deliveries against Bangladesh in the first game of the triangular series in New Zealand.
Chris Gayle and Rizwan’s countryman Babar Azam are the other two who hold this record. Gayle got 1532 runs in 2012 and 1665 in 2015, whereas Babar had 1607 in 2019 and 1779 in 2021. In addition, the wicketkeeper-batter has surpassed England’s Jos Buttler in the list of players who have scored the most runs as official wicketkeeper in T20Is.
Rizwan scored 2196 runs as a wicket-keeper in T20Is, accounting for 2137 of his 2337 runs. He surpassed Buttler today when he took 2nd run of his inning. Buttler has scored 2119 runs as wicket-keeper batter.
Great player