Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan hit the T20I milestone during the second match against New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton on Sunday.
The 31-year-old cricketer has become the leading sixth hitter and now has 77 sixes for Pakistan in T20Is.
The wicket-keeper batsman has overtaken his colleague Mohammad Hafeez who is second on the list with 76 sixes.
Most sixes for Pakistan in T20I cricket
Mohammad Rizwan – 77
Mohammad Hafeez – 76
Shahid Afridi – 73
Shoaib Malik — 69
Babar Azam – 55
Umar Akmal – 55
It must be noted that Pakistan are currently playing New Zealand in the second T20I of the five-match series.
Rizwan started Pakistan’s 195-run chase brilliantly by hitting Tim Southee for a six, but Adam Milne dismissed him in the second over for just seven runs.
Star batsman Babar Azam again, like in the first match, top-scored for the Men in Green as he registered 66 runs and 43 runs on the scorecard, with the help of nine boundaries, but his effort went in vain as the visitors struggled in the chase. from a target of 195 runs.
New Zealand came close to winning the series as the national side fell short by 21 runs to win.
From the start when they lost both their openers, Mohammad Rizwan and Saim Ayub, in the first overs for just 10 runs.
Earlier in the first innings, Finn Allen took New Zealand to a total of 194 runs as the right-hander played a quick-fire innings of 74 runs off just 41 balls, courtesy of seven fours and five sixes.
Allen’s brilliant start made it look like the home side could score a lot, but things started to fall apart once Usama Miro’s googly was removed in the 13th over.
The home side were 137-2 in 13 overs when Allen returned to the pavilion, but could only score 57 runs in the remaining seven overs after his departure.
The Pakistani bowlers staged an excellent comeback in the match and managed to restrict the in-form Kiwis to 194 runs, a total they can chase.
Haris Rauf took three wickets in the 19th over to become Pakistan’s top scorer of the match. All the visiting bowlers, except captain Shaheen Afridi, picked up wickets.
