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Before taking the field in the three-match T20I series against Ireland, Babar Azam had beaten the record. It would have been a win in the first match. But as the Irish won, the Pakistan captain had to wait. Finally, by winning the second match, he set the record for the highest number of wins as a captain in T20 Internationals.
Pakistan returned to parity in the series after defeating Ireland by 7 wickets in Dublin on Sunday (May 12). With this win, Babar Azam surpassed Ugandan captain Brian Masaba. Babar won the maximum 45 matches as a captain in international T20. Masaba is second in this list with 44 wins.
Asghar Afghan and Eoin Morgan are joint third for most match wins as captains in T20 Internationals. Both have won 42 matches each. India won 41 matches each in T20 under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rohit Sharma. On the day of making such a record as a captain, Babar was dismissed for zero runs after playing 4 balls with the bat.
After losing the toss in the match and batting at the beginning, he made a huge innings of 193 runs for 7 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs. Wicketkeeper Lorcan Tucker scored a fighting half-century. In reply, Pakistan won in 16.5 overs with stormy half-centuries by Fakhar and Rizwan.
