In the ongoing five-match T20I series between New Zealand and Pakistan, Babar Azam went on record three consecutive fifties in the first three T20I games respectively. Here, in this article we will have a look at players with the most fifty-plus scores in a single bilateral T20I series and where Babar Azam stands on the list currently.
Babar Azam scores vs NZ in the ongoing T20I series:
- 57(35) in Auckland
- 66(43) in Hamilton
- 58(37) in Dunedin
Most fifty-plus scores by a batsman in a single bilateral T20I series:
- Mohammad Rizwan - 4 vs England in 2022 (H)
- Virat Kohli - 3 vs Australia in 2016 (A)
- Colin Munro - 3 vs West Indies in 2017/18 (H)
- Ashfaq Ahmed - 3 vs Netherlands in 2019 (A)
- David Warner - 3 vs Sri Lanka in 2019 (H)
- Virat Kohli - 3 vs England in 2021 (H)
- Aiden Markram - 3 vs Pakistan in 2021 (H)
- Quinton de Kock - 3 vs West Indies in 2021 (A)
- Mitchell Marsh - 3 vs West Indies in 2021 (A)
- Nicholas Pooran - 3 vs India in 2022 (A)
- Shreyas Iyer - 3 vs Sri Lanka in 2022 (H)
- Leslie Dunbar - 3 vs Bulgaria in 2022 (A)
- Reeza Hendricks - 3 vs England in 2022 (A)
- Mark Chapman - 3 vs Pakistan in 2023 (A)
- Babar Azam - 3 vs New Zealand in 2024 (A)
Although Pakistan lost this five-match T20I series already by 0-3 margin, still two more games are left hence Babar Azam could create the record of becoming the first player to smash five fifty-plus scores in a bilateral T20I series.
