Mohammad Rizwan 1st to score over 2000 T20 runs in a year as Pakistan chase down 208 against West Indies

Mohammad Rizwan scored 87 in a 158-run opening partnership with Babar Azam as Pakistan chased down a target of 208 runs with more than an over to spare against the West Indies in Karachi.

Mohammad Rizwan has become the first batsman to score over 2000 runs in a calendar year in T20 cricket. It is part of a stellar 2021 for the Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman in which he has scored a century and 18 half centuries in the format.

Of these, 1326 runs have come in 29 matches for Pakistan at a strike rate of 134.89 and average of 73.66. Rizwan has scored 12 half centuries in T20Is and his only century this year has also come in international cricket. He is the highest run scorer in T20Is by some margin this year, with second-placed Babar scoring 939 runs.