Pakistan posted 201 for 6 in the second T20I against Bangladesh, marking the first time in seven years they have registered 200-plus totals in back-to-back T20Is.
Pakistan post 200-plus in consecutive matches
Batting first against Bangladesh in Lahore, Pakistan were led by comeback man Sahibzada Farhan, who scored 74 in 41 balls, opening the innings. He hit six sixes in his knock and continued his stellar T20 form in 2025. The 29-year-old has made 1,128 runs in 20 matches this year, at an average of 62.66 and a strike rate of 172.21. He has also smashed four hundreds this year.
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On Friday, he got to his sixth T20 fifty of 2025, reaching the landmark in 29 balls and laying the platform for a huge score. Mohammad Haris (41 in 25) and Hasan Nawaz (51* in 26) made crucial contributions, as Pakistan ended with 201-6, the second time in as many games that they have breached the 200-run mark.
In the first T20I, Pakistan posted 201-7, with skipper Salman Agha top-scoring with 56 in 34. Nawaz and Shadab made forties, as the side crossed 200 for just the second time in four years while batting first.
Back-to-back 200-plus scores mark seven-year first for Pakistan
They increased the tally to three in the second T20I and achieved another seven-year first during their innings. The last time Pakistan had made 200 in successive T20Is was in 2018, when they made 203-5, 205-3 and 204-4 against the West Indies (first two) and Scotland, respectively.
Incidentally, it was before the duo of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan started batting together. The pair, often criticised for their scoring rate, first batted together in 2019 and opened for the first time in 2021. They made a total of 3,300 runs for all wickets, but only struck at 132.05, which dropped to 131.97 while opening.
They were eventually omitted from the T20I tour against New Zealand in March, which Pakistan lost 1-4, but did not return for the home series against Bangladesh, as the selectors backed a fearless batting approach instead. Pakistan have also not picked star quick and PSL 2025-winning skipper Shaheen Afridi for the ongoing series.
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