T20 World Cup 2021: Babar Azam overtakes Jos Buttler of England to become top run getter

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has now overtaken Jos Buttler of England to become the highest run-scorer in the tournament. The 27-year-old achieved the feat by reaching a score of six against Australia in the semi-final. Babar had an amazing tournament as he led his team to five out of five wins. They started the campaign with a ten-wicket win over India, and then beat every other team that came their way: New Zealand, Afghanistan, Scotland and Namibia. Babur remained unbeaten till this writing. If he gets a half-century, he can become the highest run-scorer as the tournament is almost over and the big final is yet to come.

After Babar, there is now Jos Buttler of England, who has 269 runs to his name. He was on 264 till the second semi-final between Australia and Pakistan. He has been ruled out of the tournament after England’s first semi-final loss to New Zealand by five wickets. He is followed by Charit Aslanka of Sri Lanka and David Wiese of Namibia. Earlier, he used to stand for those players who are playing cricket continuously by staying in the bio-bubble. Ahead of the last match of the Super 12 stage, the outgoing head coach of India claimed that the Indian players were mentally and physically exhausted after being in a bubble for six months. India entered the Bio-Bubble in early June for the World Test Championship final and the England Test series, after which they moved directly to Australia. IPL 2021 bubble and cash-rich league and . small difference between t20 world cup Forced players to move to another bubble without a break.