Afghan openers left behind the duo of Babar, Rizwan
Afghan openers Rehmanullah Garbaz and Ibrahim Zadran outscored the duo of Pakistan captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan.
The Afghan opening pair has become the pair with the highest partnership runs in the current edition of the T20 World Cup, both the players claimed this record in the Super 8 match against Bangladesh.
In the World Cup played in Dubai in the year 2021, national team captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan scored 411 runs as partners, while in the current edition, Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Garbaz established a partnership of 442 runs and took the record.
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The Afghan pair also became the pair to score 4 fifty-plus in a single edition of the World Cup, with 3 centuries shared between them, which is a record in a single World Cup edition.