New Delhi: Pakistan batter Babar Azam broke Virat Kohli’s record during the 3rd T20I against South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday. Babar slammed a brilliant knock of 68 off 47 balls to bag the Player of the Match award and help Pakistan beat the visitors by six wickets to clinch the three-match series 2-1.

The former Pakistan captain, who surpassed Rohit Sharma to become the leading run-getter in T20Is earlier this week, surpassed Kohli on the elite list of batters with the most fifty-plus scores in the format. With his match-winning 68, Babar notched up his 37th fifty and 40th fifty-plus score in T20Is to go past Kohli, who finished his T20I career with 39 fifty-plus scores.

India great Kohli, who retired from T20Is last year, scored 38 half-centuries and a solitar

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