Babar Azam: On Sunday, Pakistan played its last group stage match in the T20 World Cup 2024 against Ireland. In this match played in Florida, Pakistan won by 3 wickets. Their captain Babar Azam played a big role in this victory of the team in green jersey, who remained at the crease from the beginning till the end.

Babar has benefited greatly from his match-winning innings and has registered a big record in his name, leaving behind the great Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Babar Azam played a brilliant innings

While chasing the target of 107 runs given by Ireland, the Pakistani team faltered badly in the middle overs. In the 11th over, the team's score became 62/6. But Babar Azam, who came to bat at number three, held one end and brought his team to the threshold of victory.

He played a slow but match-winning innings of 32 runs with the help of 2 fours in 34 balls. With the help of this innings, Babar Azam has now become the highest run-scorer as a captain in the T20 World Cup.

Babar Azam left MS Dhoni behind

29-year-old Babar Azam scored 549 runs as a batsman while captaining Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. He has left behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who scored 529 runs in this mega event while leading Team India. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is at the third position in this special list, who has scored 527 runs. Current Indian team captain Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli are not even in the top 5 in this list.

Captains with most runs in T20 WC –

549 – Babar Azam*

529 – MS Dhoni

527 – Kane Williamson

360 – Mahela Jayawardene

352 – Graeme Smith

329 – Kumar Sangakkara