Shoaib Malik goes past 10,000 runs in T20s

The Pakistan batsman becomes the third batsman to have reached the landmark, after Kieron Pollard and Chris Gayle.

Published : Oct 11, 2020 08:49 IST

Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik. - REUTERS
Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik. - REUTERS
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Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik. - REUTERS

Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik went past 10,000 T20 career runs when he scored 74 in a domestic game in Rawalpindi on Saturday. He is now the third batsman to have reached the landmark after Kieron Pollard (10,370 runs) and Chris Gayle (13,296 runs).

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Shoaib’s quickfire knock (44b, 8x4, 2x6) was not enough, however, for a win for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the team he was playing for in the National T20 Cup. Khyber lost by six wickets to Balochistan.

Shoaib, 38, made his T20 debut in 2005 for Sialkot Stallions and has played 395 T20s in his career, scoring his 10,027 runs at an average of 37.41, with 62 half-centuries. He also has 148 wickets at 27.06, at an economy rate of 7.03.

The National T20 Cup is Shoaib’s first cricket assignment since a T20I series held in England last month. This was his first half-century of the competition so far, in five innings.

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