Mohammad Rizwan bags plethora of unwanted records with scratchy knock

Pakistan's captain Mohammad Rizwan plays a shot during first T20I against South Africa on December 10, 2024. — AFPDURBAN: Pakistan’s white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan bagged multiple unwanted records with his scratchy 74-run in the first T20I of the three-match series against South Africa here at the Kingsmead Stadium on Tuesday.Opening the innings for Pakistan in a 184-run pursuit, Rizwan had scored 46 off 49 deliveries by the end of the 16th over, with the touring side needing 60 from the last over. The right-handed batter then finally switched gears and smashed Kwena Maphaka for two sixes in the following over, which saw him amassing his half-century off 50 deliveries.Mohammad Rizwan eventually walked back on the second delivery of the final over, leaving tailenders to chase 18 runs off four deliveries.He remained the top-scorer for Pakistan with a 62-ball 74, which featured five fours and three sixes. Notably, his eventual strike-rate of 119.35 was his third-lowest in a fifty-plus knock, while his unbeaten run-a-ball 53 against Canada in this year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup remained his slowest fifty-plus innings. Rizwan’s scratchy knock was also the second slowest 70-run knock by a captain in men’s T20Is, only behind New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, who scored 70 off 60 deliveries against Pakistan in 2016.His 62-ball 74 stands fourth in the list of slowest T20I knocks by a full-member batter facing 60-plus balls in the run chase, closely following compatriot Sarfaraz Ahmed, who scored an unbeaten 76 off 64 deliveries against New Zealand in 2014 but in a winning cause.Slowest knocks by a full-member batter facing 60-plus balls in a T20I chasePlayer RunsBallsStrike RateOppositionYearGautam Gambhir (IND)56*6093.33Australia2012Kane Williamson (NZ)7060116.66Pakistan2016Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK)76*64118.75 New Zealand 2014Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)7462119.35 South Africa2024Wesley Madhevere (ZIM)73* 61119.67 Namibia2022 Mohammad Rizwan Comments Submit مضمون کا ماخذ:raspadinha resultados