Pakistan's white-ball captain Babar Azam has surpassed Indian skipper Rohit Sharma in the list of most T20I runs during the second T20I against England in Birmingham.
The 29-year-old is now only 13 runs away from joining India's Virat Kohli in the list of only two players to score 4000 runs.
Most runs in T20Is
Virat Kohli- 4037
Babar Azam - 3987*
Rohit Sharma - 3974
Paul Stirling - 3589
Babar was dismissed by Moeen Ali as Pakistan look to chase an 184-run target. He made 32 runs off 26 balls.
The Men in Green are 76/3 in nine overs at the time of writing this story.
Earlier, Jos Buttler played a captain's knock and scored 84 runs on 51 balls with the help of eight fours and three sixes to take the home side to 183/7. During the process, he also completed 3,000 runs in T20I cricket, becoming only the ninth player in the shorter format to do so.
Pakistan were off to a great start as Imad Wasim removed Phil Salt in the fourth over but England recovered brilliantly as Buttler and Will Jacks formed a 71-run partnership which brought the home side back in the game.
The hosts looked on course of reaching a massive total but the impressive comeback by Pakistani bowlers especially Haris Rauf, Imad and Shaheen stopped them.
Jacks scored 37 off 23 with six boundaries while Jonny Bairstow contributed 21 runs. Meanwhile, the likes of Harry Brook, Moeen Ali and Liam Livingstone failed to score in double digits.
Jofra Archer scored 12 runs in the last over which helped England conclude their innings at 183/7 in the allocated overs.
For Pakistan, Shaheen bagged three wickets while Imad and Rauf picked two each. While Shadab Khan and Mohammad Amir failed to take a single wicket.
For England, Jorfa Archer made his long-awaited comeback to the playing XI as this will be his first international appearance in over a year. On the other hand, Pakistan's Haris Rauf returned to the team after staying on the sidelines for three months.
Playing XIs
England: Jos Buttler (c/wk), Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley.
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir.
- Babar Azam
- Rohit Sharma