ZIM v PAK: Shoaib Malik achieves a new feat
July has been a month of milestones for Shoaib Malik as he started the month by becoming the first Pakistan player to complete 2000 runs in the T20I format. He was the 3rd player after Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill to complete the milestone and the Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma joining the list a couple of days later. Malik, during the final ODI of the ongoing 5-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, completed 7000 runs in the ODI format.
The all-rounder came into the series with 6975 runs to his name in this format. He was caught behind for 22 during the first ODI when he was three runs short of the 7000 runs milestone. Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq’s dominating partnerships in the next three ODIs ensured Malik didn’t get a chance to bat. Finally, he walked out to bat in 38th over of the team’s innings in the final ODI after Imam-ul-Haq got out scoring 110.
