Interestingly, Malik has already announced his retirement from ODI cricket saying that the 2019 World Cup in England will be his last. However, he will continue to play T20 cricket.
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Malik’s achievement pleased wife and Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza as she quoted ICC’s tweet to express her happiness.
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Malik, however, had a lot more in store. The all-rounder on Monday, became the only male cricketer to appear in 100 T20 internationals when Pakistan took on Australia.
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The match did not go Pakistan’s way as they were pummelled by Australia to a crushing 9-wicket victory but Malik’s record remained one of the talking points.
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Shoaib Malik is going through one of the highest points of his career as an international cricketer.
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The former Pakistan captain may not have scored tons of runs in the ongoing tri-nation series in Zimbabwe but have made news right from the onset.
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During the opening match of the tri-series against Zimbabwe, Malik with his unbeaten knock of 37 became only the third batsman in the world to get to 2000 international runs in T20 cricket.
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New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill are the only ones to hold the same record apart from Malik.