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Sahibzada Farhan, now Pakistan's captain, surpasses India's Abhishek Sharma to script new T20I record

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Sahibzada Farhan scored 238 runs in a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, breaking Abhishek Sharma’s previous mark of 229. Pakistan won the series 2-1 despite losing the final by eight wickets.

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01Summary

  1. 01Pakistan captain Sahibzada Farhan made 238 runs in the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.
  2. 02Farhan overtook India’s Abhishek Sharma, who had scored 229 runs, to set the new record.
  3. 03Farhan posted his third consecutive half-century in the series.
  4. 04Sri Lanka won the final match by eight wickets after Kusal Mendis made an unbeaten 87.
  5. 05Pakistan still won the series 2-1.

02Why it matters

The record underlines Farhan’s form as Pakistan’s captain and gives him a place above a leading India batter in a short-format series mark. For readers, it also shows Pakistan won the series overall even though they lost the decider.

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