'Legend' - Twitter pour wishes as Mohammad Rizwan becomes first batter ever to smash 2000 runs in a calendar year

In the three WI T20Is, Rizwan made 203 runs at an impressive average of 67.67 and a strike rate of 159.84.

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Mohammad Rizwan. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Mohammad Rizwan is placed in the fourth position in the Men’s T20I Player Rankings. But, his performance this year makes him the top player in the shortest format of the game. On December 16, Pakistan defeated West Indies after chasing a target of 208 runs in 18.5 overs. On the first ball of the 11th over, Rizwan hit a boundary to become the first player to score 2000 T20 runs in a calendar year.

In the three T20Is, Rizwan made 203 runs at an impressive average of 67.67 and a strike rate of 159.84. He made two half-centuries for Pakistan in this three-match series. Rizwan won the player of the match and player of the series award for scoring runs consistently. It was Rizwan’s fifth player of the series award, and he equaled Sachin Tendulkar’s record of winning the most player of the series award in a calendar year.

Rizwan made 1326 runs in 29 T20Is this year at an average of 73.66 and a strike rate of 134.89. He made one century and 12 half-centuries in 2021. Before this year, Rizwan had made only 313 runs in 26 matches. He is also the first player to make over 1000 T20 runs in a calendar year.

Rizwan started this year with a century against South Africa. He made 104 not-out off 64 balls in the first T20I of South Africa’s tour of Pakistan. Pakistan won the match by three runs. Rizwan made 197 runs in three matches of this series at an average of 98.5. Pakistan won the series by a margin of 2-1, and it was Pakistan’s first series win against South Africa since 2013 in T20Is.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Mohammad Rizwan’s epic milestone

 

After Pakistan defeated West Indies in the third T20I, it became the first team to win 20 T20I matches in a calendar year. The Men in Green bettered their own record of winning 17 T20Is in 2018. Mohammad Rizwan, with 1326 runs, played a huge role in Pakistan achieving this milestone.

Rizwan was out for a single-digit score only thrice, including two ducks against South Africa and Afghanistan. He made more than 40 runs in 14 out of 29 innings in 2021. Apart from the series against Bangladesh, Rizwan scored at least one half-century in every series he took part in.

Rizwan’s huge contribution in Pakistan’s dominant run in T20 WC 2021

Pakistan won all its group stage games during the T20 World Cup 2021. It even went on to defeat India for the first time in a World Cup event. Rizwan made 79 runs off 55 balls against India and helped the team defeat the arch-rival by ten wickets along with Babar Azam.

Rizwan made 281 runs in six matches at an average of 70.25 and a strike rate of 127.72. He made three half-centuries in the tournament. Rizwan scored 67 runs off 52 balls against Australia in the semi-final, and during this innings, he became the first batter to score over 1000 T20I runs in a calendar year.

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