Babar Azam surpasses Shahid Afridi’s unwanted record

Star better Babar Azam surpassed former captain Shahid Afridi’s unwanted record during the first match of the home T20I tri-series against Zimbabwe on Tuesday.

The prolific batter went back to dugout without troubling the scorers here at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

Babar could not stretch his form into the ongoing tri-series as he fell for a three-ball duck. With this, the 31-year-old registered his ninth duck in the format, going past Afridi on the unwanted list of Pakistan batters, jointly led by Saim Ayub and Umar Akmal.

Most ducks for Pakistan in T20Is

Umar Akmal – 10 ducks in 84 matches

Saim Ayub – 10 ducks in 52* matches

Babar Azam – 9 ducks in 132* matches

Shahid Afridi – 8 ducks in 98 matches

Kamran Akmal – 7 ducks in 58 matches

Mohammad Hafeez – 7 ducks in 119 matches