Veteran all-rounder, Mohammad Hafeez, finished the year on a high with his blistering knock of 41 against New Zealand in the third T20I. He became the most successful T20I batsman in 2020, having scored 415 runs in the year.
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Hafeez is in the form of his life and his innings of 99* in the second T20I and 41 in the third T20I took him past India’s KL Rahul as the top scorer in T20Is this year. KL Rahul is second on the list with 404 runs.
Hafeez became only the second Pakistani to finish the year with the most T20I runs. Previously opener, Ahmed Shehzad, had achieved the feat in 2013 when he scored 347 runs in a calendar year.
Hafeez’s 41 in the final match also made him the joint top-scorer for Pakistan in T20Is, equaling fellow teammate Shoaib Malik’s record of 2,323 runs.
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Hafeez also finished the year with four half-centuries, a feat only achieved by three other players, i.e., Pakistani captain, Babar Azam, English batsman, Dawid Malan, and Indian batsman, KL Rahul.
Hafeez played 10 T20I matches this year, scoring 415 runs at an astonishing average of 83 and a strike rate of 152.57. His top score this year was 99*, which he scored against New Zealand in the second T20I on Sunday.