Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik is currently playing in the Lanka Premier League (LPL). Malik scored an unbeaten 35 against Colombo Stars on Monday for Jaffna Kings, during which he crossed the 12000-run mark in T20 cricket. Let me tell you, before Shoaib Malik in T20 cricket, there is only one batsman, who crossed the 12000 runs mark and that was Universal Boss Chris Gayle.
West Indies explosive batsman Chris Gayle has the record highest number of runs in T20 cricket. Gayle has scored 14,562 runs in T20 cricket, while Shoaib Malik has scored 12,027 runs in T20 so far. Playing against Colombo Stars, Pakistani all-rounder Malik scored an unbeaten 35 off 26 balls with the help of five fours. With the help of this, Jaffna Kings scored 178 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Shoaib Malik was the best scorer for Jaffna Kings. In reply, the Colombo Stars team could score only 172 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Angelo Mathews scored an unbeaten 73 off 38 balls, but he could not lead the Colombo Stars to victory.
Apart from Matthews, Benny Howell scored 43 off 20 balls. Apart from these two, no other Batsman could do anything special. Shoaib Malik has been out of the Pakistan cricket team for a long time. After losing the Asia Cup 2022 final, there was a lot of talk about his selection for the T20 World Cup 2022 team, but he was not included in the team.
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