Pakistan defeated West Indies in the third and final T20 of the series.
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam did a crucial 158 runs opening partnership that played the major role in their victory.
Rizwan was awarded with both the player of the match and player of the series for his outstanding performance with bat.
Rizwan and Babar both have shattered many records in the 2021 calendar year.
Mohammad Rizwan Creates History
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are undoubtedly the most dynamic duo of the year 2021.
The duo so far has done six hundred us partnership and one even came in that 10 wicket win over India.
Mohammad Rizwan became the first batsman in history of Cricket to score 1000 plus runs in the T2l internationals.
Babar Azam finally surpassed Dawid Malan and became the no.1 T20 batsmen following the third T20 against the Windies.
Rizwan has been absolutely dominant with bat, especially in the shortest format of the game.
Rizwan, who scored a blazing 87 off just 45 balls to help Pakistan chase down 208 quite easily against Windies, said he tries to “learn” by seeing Babar at the other end.
“When you have the World No.1 with you at the crease, you don’t need to worry about anything. All you’ve got to do is to observe and learn from the best. The key to our successful partnership is our communication. We keep taking singles, keep setting small targets, target some fielders, which in turn makes it easier for us to dominate,” Rizwan said in a video interview posted by PCB.
on the other Babar Azam said, “According to me, I’m privileged to have such a talented cricketer, a wonderful human being, someone who gels everyone together and someone who is looked up to by everyone. The way Rizwan improved his game, confidence levels and belief in himself is evident for everyone to see in the last one year. I’m happy that he is the leading T20I run-scorer in 2021,”
Both of these batsmen had a great calendar year and would he looking forward to carry this form into the next year.
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