Babar Azam surpasses Shahid Afridi’s unwanted T20I record after another duck against Zimbabwe

Star Pakistan batter Babar Azam broke former captain Shahid Afridi’s unwanted record during the opening match of the home T20I tri-series against Zimbabwe at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Babar, who recently struck a match-winning half-century in the T20I series decider against South Africa earlier this month, failed to extend his form into the tri-series as he was dismissed for a three-ball duck.

The right-hander was undone by a sharp length delivery from Brad Evans, which nipped back off the surface and struck him on the back leg, ending his stay without scoring.

With this dismissal, the 31-year-old registered his ninth duck in T20Is, overtaking Afridi, who had eight.

Babar now sits behind joint record-holders Saim Ayub and Umar Akmal, both of whom have ten ducks for Pakistan in the shortest format.

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