T20 World Cup 2021, Match 24: Afghanistan vs Pakistan, Stats Preview: Player records and approaching milestones

Pakistan would like to continue their winning run as they take on Afghanistan in their upcoming fixture in the T20 World Cup 2021. The encounter takes place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday (October 29). Having defeated India and New Zealand in their first two outings, the Men in Green have made a stellar start to the competition. A win in this fixture could even seal them a place in the semi-finals.

On the other hand, Afghanistan also defeated Scotland in their opening game. However, they are set to face a greater challenge. Pakistan will definitely take the field as favourites as they have hardly done anything wrong in the competition. While the likes of Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf have done exceptionally well with the ball, Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam have showcased their batting blitzes.

As far as Afghanistan are concerned, they outplayed the Scottish side in their last fixture. After posting 190/4 while batting first in Dubai, the Mohammad Nabi-led side bundled Scotland out for 60. They, hence, won the game by 130 runs. With big guns like Rashid Khan, skipper Nabi and Hazratullah Zazai, the Afghan side would back itself to defeat Pakistan.

Meanwhile, let’s look at important stats and numbers ahead of the 24th game of the T20 World Cup 2021:

Head to head: These two sides have met only once and Pakistan won that game by six wickets.

42 – Mohammad Shahzad needs 42 runs to become the first Afghanistan player to complete 2000 T20I runs.

1 – Rashid Khan needs just one wicket to become the fastest bowler to claim 100 T20I wickets.

4 – If Rashid takes four or more wickets in this game, he’ll become the fourth bowler to take 400 wickets in T20 cricket.

60 – Mohammad Hafeez needs 60 runs to become the first Pakistani and fifth overall player to complete 2,500 runs in T20Is.

6 – Shoaib Malik needs six fours to complete 200 boundaries in T20Is.

61 – Rashid Khan is the highest wicket-taker in T20s this year, 61.

60 – Hazratullah Zazai needs 60 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20 cricket.

8 – Rahmanullah Gurbaz needs 8 runs to complete 500 runs in T20I cricket.

5 – Mohammad Nabi needs five hits over the fence to complete 250 sixes in T20 cricket.

93 – Nabi can also complete 1500 T20 runs in the upcoming fixture. He is 93 runs short of the landmark.

2 – Hasan Ali needs two big hits to complete 50 sixes in international cricket.

40 – Shadab Khan is 40 runs shy of completing 1000 runs in international cricket.

50 – A half-century will make Babar Azam the player with joint-most 50-plus scores in T20Is as captain (13). He would then share the record with Virat Kohli.

1574 – Mohammad Rizwan has scored the most runs in T20s in 2021 (1574). Babar Azam (1440) holds the second place.

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