NEW DELHI: Pakistan's top-order batter
Mohammad Rizwan
equalled India captain
Rohit Sharma
's remarkable record of most half-centuries as an opener in
T20 internationals
on Tuesday.
Rizwan achieved the feat during Pakistan's commanding seven-wicket triumph over Canada in the
T20 World Cup
encounter at the
Nassau County International Cricket Stadium
.
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Pakistan's prolific wicketkeeper-batter Rizwan and India's illustrious skipper Rohit have both amassed an impressive tally of 30 fifties as openers in the dynamic 20-over format.
Rizwan achieved this significant milestone in just 71 innings, while Rohit required 118 innings to reach the same landmark.
During Pakistan's emphatic win over Canada, Rizwan also inadvertently set an unwanted record in the T20 World Cup as he registered the slowest fifty (by balls faced) in the prestigious event.
The 32-year-old veteran consumed 52 deliveries to reach his half-century on Tuesday against Canada in New York. South Africa's hard-hitting batsman
David Miller
had the unwanted record before him, having scored a 50-ball half-century against the Netherlands in this year's T20 World Cup.
Pakistan's charismatic captain
Babar Azam
occupies the third position on the chart, having scored an outstanding 28 fifties as an opener in T20Is. Meanwhile, Australia's explosive batter David Warner has smashed an impressive 27 half-centuries as an opener after featuring in 98 T20I innings.
(With inputs from ANI)
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