Shaheer Ahmed
As the T20 World cup is around the corner, the teams are all prepared to score tons of runs. The opening pairs are the backbone of a team. Every team tries to have the best opening pair. Rizwan and Babar’s duo have done wonders for the green team. Having a partnership of more than 2,000 runs with an average of 58, they have been declared the most dangerous pair for T20 World Cup.
The details for their runs are as follows:
Babar Azam
ICC T20I batting ranking: 3
Career average: 43.41
Strike rate: 130.03
Latest T20I scores: 4, 87*, 9, 36, 8
Mohammad Rizwan
ICC T20I batting ranking: 1
Career average: 52.53
Strike rate: 128.57
Latest T20I scores: 1, 63, 88, 8, 88*
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
ICC has ranked Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan as the most Dangerous opening pair in the World Cup.👀❤🇵🇰😘#cricket #BabarAzam #MohammadRizwan #T20WorldCup2022 pic.twitter.com/rnpbxT8vXc
— Men In Green (@MenInGreen786) October 10, 2022
There was a lot of criticism on both Babar and Rizwan about their strike rate and both have improved on it drastically but in their own ways.
While Babar is now getting more runs in boundaries, Rizwan has reduced his dot ball % by 25% and is now getting more runs in 1s & 2s. pic.twitter.com/XRQslhszHs
— Israr Ahmed Hashmi (@IamIsrarHashmi) October 10, 2022
So Babar and Rizwan have jointly scored more than 46% of Pakistan team's runs in T20I since 2016. #CricketStats @babarazam258 @iMRizwanPak https://t.co/mEVkWQ1mG8
— Shahzad Tirmizi Syed (@shahzadtirmizi) October 12, 2022
Babar and rizwan making records and fearful for other bowlers mashallah pic.twitter.com/h0Zq5jlcQ5
— civilians voice (@MKhanTahir420) October 12, 2022
https://twitter.com/MuhsinAfridi1/status/1580075917321601024
Muhammad Rizwan wins ICC Player of the Month
Rizwan was nominated against ace Indian spinner Axar Patel and emerging Australian all-rounder Cameron Green for the ICC Player of the month. He scored seven fifties in the last games played in September.
According to the press release issued by ICC said, “Rizwan was in stunning form in September, churning out some sizzling performances in T20Is. The No 1 T20I batter in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Player Rankings continued his domination in the shortest format of the game and put his name on the shortlist for the Player of the Month for September.”
On this occasion, Rizwan said: “I would like to thank Almighty Allah and express my heartfelt delight to all that enabled me to achieve this award. I want to give my high appreciation to all my teammates as they made things easy for me. These achievements boost your confidence. I am happy with my performance and I would like to take this momentum forward in Australia.”
https://twitter.com/icct20worldcupa/status/1579393394069352448
Pakistan wicket-keeper batter #MohammadRizwan has been named the #ICC player of the month for September 2022
Read More: https://t.co/NBc4vHcFhV#arynews pic.twitter.com/V2TS0OyteW
— ARY NEWS (@ARYNEWSOFFICIAL) October 10, 2022
Mohammad Rizwan gets ICC player of the month award for September 2022. He has dedicated the award to the people who are affected by the floods and climate change in Pakistan.
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) October 10, 2022
👏👏 GOOD NEWS — Mohammad Rizwan has been declared as ICC player of the month (September 2022). Rizwan has defeated Axar Patel (India) and Cameron Green (Australia) courtesy votes of cricket fans on socialmedia. #T20WorldCup
— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) October 10, 2022
Mohammad Rizwan is the ICC Player of the Month for September! 🥳#AsiaCup2022 | #PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/Hppeh2MbaX
— Grassroots Cricket (@grassrootscric) October 10, 2022
Congratulations to the champion @iMRizwanPak for being named @ICC Player of the Month!
🇵🇰 Zindabad! pic.twitter.com/lxf8Tt1lHC— PTV Sports (@PTVSp0rts) October 11, 2022
