{"id":24081,"date":"2026-10-14T12:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=24081"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:58:36","slug":"sahibzada-farhan-breaks-abhishek-sharmas-world-record-for-runs-in-a-three-match-t20i-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=24081","title":{"rendered":"Sahibzada Farhan Breaks Abhishek Sharma\u2019s World Record for Runs in a Three-Match T20I Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pakistan\u2019s T20I captain Sahibzada Farhan has broken India\u2019s Abhishek Sharma\u2019s world record for the most runs in a three-match T20I series between two Full Member teams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Farhan achieved the milestone on Tuesday during the third and final T20I against Sri Lanka, surpassing Sharma\u2019s aggregate for a three-match series.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Sri Lanka series, Farhan had been appointed Pakistan\u2019s permanent T20I captain.<\/p>\n<p>He made his first home series as captain memorable by scoring half-centuries in all three matches.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan captain finished the series with 238 runs at an average of 79.33 and a strike rate of 165.27. His performance earned him the Player of the Series award.<\/p>\n<p>Farhan surpassed Sharma, who had set the record earlier this year by scoring 229 runs in a three-match home series against Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>With that achievement, Farhan became the highest run-scorer in a three-match T20I series between two Full Member teams.<\/p>\n<p>He began the Sri Lanka series with a match-winning 89 off 53 balls. His innings helped Pakistan comfortably chase a target of 183 and secure a four-wicket victory.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old batter followed that with another strong performance in the second match, scoring 73 off just 44 balls. His innings helped Pakistan post 215 for three. Sri Lanka managed only 133 for seven in their allotted 20 overs, giving Pakistan an unassailable lead in the series.<\/p>\n<p>Farhan maintained his form in the final match, playing a fighting innings of 76 off 47 balls to help Pakistan score 168 against Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>However, his effort was not enough to secure another victory. The visitors comfortably reached the target for the loss of two wickets to claim their only win of the series, while Pakistan won the series 2\u20131.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s T20I captain Sahibzada Farhan has broken India\u2019s Abhishek Sharma\u2019s world record for the most runs in a three-match T20I series between two Full Member teams. Farhan achieved the milestone on Tuesday during the third and final T20I against Sri Lanka, surpassing Sharma\u2019s aggregate for a three-match series. Before the Sri Lanka series, Farhan had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,38],"tags":[8684,5715,3440,6048,1287,3690,8054],"class_list":["post-24081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-sports","tag-abhishek-sharma","tag-cricket-series","tag-pakistan-cricket","tag-sahibzada-farhan","tag-sri-lanka","tag-t20i","tag-world-record"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24083,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24081\/revisions\/24083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}