Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan has broken an all-time T20I record previously held by India’s Abhishek Sharma, according to Geo News.
The form behind it
The mark follows a series against Sri Lanka in which Farhan was the constant. He made 76 from 47 balls in the final match in Rawalpindi, with seven fours and three sixes, and was named player of the series.
Pakistan took that series 2-1, having already secured it before losing the final game by eight wickets.
A note on the detail: this newspaper has not been able to confirm from the available reporting precisely which record has been broken or the figures involved, and has not seen it corroborated against a second outlet. The claim is carried here as Geo News reports it.
Why Farhan matters to this side
Pakistan’s problem in the shortest format has not been a shortage of strokeplay but a shortage of reliability at the top. An opener who produces across a full series, rather than one innings in three, addresses the part of the batting order that has most often failed.
The series also exposed a different weakness. Pakistan defended 168 and took two wickets while Sri Lanka chased it down with 17 balls to spare — a bowling question rather than a batting one.
This newspaper reported yesterday on the series result and Kusal Mendis’s unbeaten 87.
[Image: File image via The Express Tribune]
Sources: Geo News
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