List of Pakistan Twenty20 International cricket records
A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the highest T20 standard. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. The first Twenty20 International match between two men's sides was played on 17 February 2005, involving Pakistan and New Zealand. "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack" reported that "neither side took the game especially seriously", and it was noted by "ESPNcricinfo  that but for a large score for Ricky Ponting, the concept would have shuddered". However, Ponting himself said "if it does become an international game then I'm sure the novelty won't be there all the time". This is a list of Pakistan Cricket team's Twenty20 International records. It is based on the List of Twenty20 International records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the Pakistani cricket team. Pakistan played the first T20I in 2006. Key. The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties, all round records  and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Pakistan only, and are correct . Team records. Team wins, losses, draws and ties. , Pakistan has played 189 T20I matches resulting in 117 victories, 64 defeats, 3 ties and 5 no results for an overall winning percentage of 64.40. Team scoring records. Most runs in an innings. The highest innings total scored in T20Is has been scored twice. The  first occasion came in the match between Afghanistan and Ireland when Afghanistan scored 278/3 in the 2nd T20I of the Ireland series in India in February 2019. The Czech Republic national cricket team against Turkey during the 2019 Continental Cup scored 278/4 to equal the record. The highest score for Pakistan is 205/3 scored against West Indies during the West Indies tour of Pakistan in April 2018. Fewest runs in an innings. The lowest innings total scored was by Turkey against Czech Republic when they were dismissed for 21 during the 2019 Continental Cup. The lowest score in T20I history  for Pakistan is 74 scored against Australia in the 2012 T20I series against Australia in the UAE. Most runs conceded in an innings. The second T20I of the 2013-14 T20I Series against Sri Lanka in the UAE saw Pakistan concede their highest innings total of 211/3. Fewest runs conceded in an innings. The lowest score conceded by Pakistan for a full inning is 60 when they dismissed West Indies during the first T20 of the West Indies tour of Pakistan in April 2018. Most runs aggregate in a match. The highest match aggregate scored in T20Is came in the  match between India and West Indies in the first T20I of the August 2016 series at Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill when India scored 244/4 in response to West Indies score of 245/6 to loose the match by 1 run. The second T20I of the 2013-14 T20I Series against Sri Lanka in the UAE saw a total of 398 runs being scored, the most involving Pakistan. Fewest runs aggregate in a match. The lowest match aggregate in T20Is is 57 when Turkey were dismissed for 28 by Luxembourg in the second T20I of the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania  in August 2019. The lowest match aggregate in T20I history for Pakistan is 168 scored during the 2016 Asia Cup against India at Mirpur, Bangladesh. Result records. A T20I match is won when one side has scored more runs than the runs scored by the opposing side during their innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins  the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall. Greatest win margins (by runs). The greatest winning margin by runs in T20Is was Czech Republic's victory over Turkey by 257 runs in the sixth match of the 2019 Continental Cup. The largest victory recorded by Pakistan was during the West Indies tour of Pakistan in April 2018 by 143 runs. Greatest win margins (by balls remaining). The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in T20Is was Austria's victory over Turkey by 104 balls remaining in the ninth  match of the 2019 Continental Cup. The largest victory recorded by Pakistan is during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 against New Zealand when they won by 6 wickets with 41 balls remaining. Greatest win margins (by wickets). Pakistan have won a T20I match by 10 wickets vs India on 24 October 2021 At ICC T20 World Cup 2021. Highest successful run chases. Australia holds the record for the highest successful run chase which they achieved when they scored 245/5 in response to New Zealand's 243/6. The largest target chased by Pakistan was against Australia in the final of the  2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series Narrowest win margins (by runs). The narrowest run margin victory is by 1 run which has been achieved in 15 T20I's. Pakistan has not won a game by such margin. The smallest has been by 2 runs. Narrowest win margins (by balls remaining). The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in T20Is is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 27 times. Pakistan has achieve victory of the last ball on two occasions. Narrowest win margins (by wickets). The narrowest margin of victory by wickets is 1 wicket which has settled  four such T20Is. Pakistan has won once by this margin. Greatest loss margins (by runs). Pakistan's biggest defeat by runs was against New Zealand in the 2016 T20I series at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand. Greatest loss margins (by balls remaining). The largest defeat suffered by Pakistan was against Australia in Zimbabwe during the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series when they lost by 9 wickets with 55 balls remaining. Greatest loss margins (by wickets). Pakistan have lost a T20I match by a margin of 10 wickets on three occasions. Narrowest loss margins (by runs). The narrowest loss of Pakistan  in terms of runs is by 1 run suffered once. Narrowest loss margins (by balls remaining). The narrowest defeat in terms of balls remaining for Pakistan has been loss with one ball remaining once. Narrowest loss margins (by wickets). Pakistan has suffered defeat by 3 wickets once. Tied matches. A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings. There have been 19 ties in T20Is history with Pakistan involved in two such game. Individual records. Batting records. Most career runs. A run  is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of of the pitch. Martin Guptill (New Zealand) has scored the most runs in T20Is with Aggregate of 3299 runs. Followed by India's Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma respectively with 3227 and 3197 runs. Babar Azam is the leading Pakistani batsman on this list. Highest career average. A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed . Highest individual score. The third T20I of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series saw Aaron Finch score the highest Individual score. Babar Azam scored the highest individual score for Pakistan during the 3rd T20I game against South Africa at SuperSport Park. Most half-centuries. A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century. Virat Kohli of India has scored the most half-centuries in T20Is with 29. He is followed by India's Rohit Sharma with 26 and  Pakistan's Babar Azam with 24 half-centuries. Babar Azam also has the most fifties among Pakistani batsmen. Most centuries. A century is a score of 100 or more runs by a batsman in a single innings. Rohit Sharma has scored the most centuries in T20Is with 4. Ahmed Shahzad, Muhammad Rizwan And Babar Azam Each have scored 1 century for Pakistan. Highest strike rates. Ravija Sandaruwan of Kuwait holds the record for highest strike rate, with minimum 250 balls faced qualification, with 165.80. Shahid Afridi is the Pakistani with the highest strike rate. Highest strike rates in an inning . Dwayne Smith of West Indies strike rate of 414.28 during his 29 off 7 balls against Bangladesh during 2007 ICC World Twenty20 is the world record for highest strike rate in an innings. Afridi with his innings of 25 off 7 balls against South Africa in October 2010 during the 2010 T20I series holds the top position for a Pakistan player in this list. Most runs in a calendar year. Mohammad Rizwan has so far scored 1239 runs in 2021, the most for a batsman in a year. Most runs in a series. The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh  saw Virat Kohli set the record for the most runs scored in a single series scoring 319 runs. He is followed by Tillakaratne Dilshan with 317 runs scored in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. Fakhar Zaman has scored the most runs in a series for a Pakistan batsmen, when he scored 278 runs in the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series. Most ducks. A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run. Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka, Pakistan's Umar Akmal and Ireland's Kevin O'Brien has scored the equal highest number of ducks in T20Is with 10  such knocks. Bowling records. Most career wickets. A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit. Sakib Al Hasan, of Bangladesh, is the highest wicket-taker in T20Is. Shahid Afridi is the highest ranked Pakistani bowler on the all-time. Best figures in an innings. Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and  the number of runs conceded. India's Deepak Chahar holds the world record for best figures in an innings when he took 6/7 against Bangladesh in November 2019 at Nagpur. Umar Gul holds the Pakistani record for best bowling figures. Best career average. A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken. Best career economy rate. A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled. New Zealand's Daniel Vettori, holds the  T20I record for the best career economy rate with 5.70. Imad Wasim is the highest Pakistani on the list. Best career strike rate. A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken. The top bowler with the best T20I career strike rate is Rashid Khan of Afghanistan with 12.3 balls per wicket strike rate. Umar Gul is the Pakistani bowler with the lowest strike rate. Most four-wickets (& over) hauls in an innings. Pakistan's Umar Gul has taken the most four-wickets (or over) among  all the bowlers. Best economy rates in an inning. The best economy rate in an inning, when a minimum of 12 balls are delivered by the bowler, is Sri Lankan player Nuwan Kulasekara economy of 0.00 during his spell of 0 runs for 1 wicket in 2 overs against the Netherlands at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Mohammad Amir holds the two positions for Pakistan. Best strike rates in an inning. The best strike rate in an inning, when a minimum of 4 wickets are taken by the player, is by Steve Tikolo of Kenya  during his spell of 4/2 in 1.2 overs against Scotland during the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier at ICC Academy, Dubai, UAE. Umar Gul has the lowest strike rate in an inning among Pakistani bowlers. Worst figures in an innings. The worst figures in a T20I came in the Sri Lanka's tour of Australia when Kasun Rajitha of Sri Lanka had figures of 0/75 off his four overs at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide. The worst figures by a Pakistani is 0/63 that came off the bowling of Usman Shinwari in the 2019 tour of South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium , Johannesburg, South Africa. Most runs conceded in a match. Kasun Rajitha also holds the dubious distinction of most runs conceded in a T20I during the aforementioned match. Usman Shnwari in the above-mentioned spell conceded the most runs for Pakistani bowler. Most wickets in a calendar year. Pakistan's Shadab Khan took 28 wickets in 2018, the most for a Pakistani bowler. Most wickets in a series. 2019 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier at UAE saw records set for the most wickets taken by a bowler in a T20I series when Oman's pacer Bilal Khan tool 18 wickets during the  series. Umar Gul took 13 wickets in 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and in 2009 ICC World Twenty20, the most for a Pakistani bowler in a series. Hat-trick. In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count. In T20Is  history there have been just 13 hat-tricks, the first achieved by Brett Lee for Australia against Bangladesh in 2007 ICC World Twenty20. Wicket-keeping records. The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads. Most career dismissals. A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it  bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat, Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run. Kamran Akmal is the highest ranked Pakistani wicket keeper in the all-time list of taking most dismissals in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper, which is headed by India's MS Dhoni and West  Indian Denesh Ramdin. Most career catches. Sarfaraz Ahmed has taken the most catches in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper with Dhoni and Ramdin leading the all-time list. Most career stumpings. Dhoni and Kamran Akmal of Pakistan head this all-time list of stumpings among wicket-keepers. Most dismissals in an innings. Four wicket-keepers on four occasions have taken five dismissals in a single innings in a T20I. The feat of taking 4 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 19 wicket-keepers on 26 occasions with Kamran Akmal being the only Pakistani wicket-keeper. Most dismissals  in a series. Netherlands wicket-keeper Scott Edwards holds the T20Is record for the most dismissals taken by a wicket-keeper in a series. He made 13 dismissals during the 2019 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. Pakistani record is held by Kamran Akmal when he made 9 dimissials during the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. Fielding records. Most career catches. Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket. The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders  are top order batsmen. South Africa's David Miller holds the record for the most catches in T20Is by a non-wicket-keeper with 57, followed by Shoaib Malik of Pakistan on 50 and New Zealand's Martin Guptill with 47. Most catches in an innings. The feat of taking 4 catches in an innings has been achieved by 14 fielders on 14 occasions. No Pakistani fielder has achieved this feat. The most is three catches on nine occasions. Most catches in a series. The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, which saw Netherlands retain their title, saw  the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a T20I series. Jersey's Ben Stevens and Namibia's JJ Smit took 10 catches in the series. Umar Akmal took 7 catches in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 are the leading Pakistani fielder on this list. Other records. Most career matches. Pakistan's Shoaib Malik holds the record for the most T20I matches played with 123, followed by team-mate Mohammad Hafeez with 119 games and then Rohit Sharma of India with 119. Most consecutive career matches. Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad and Asghar Afghan hold  the record for the most consecutive T20I matches played with 58. Saeed Ajmal holds the Pakistani record. Most matches as captain. MS Dhoni, who led the Indian cricket team from 2007 to 2016, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in T20Is with 72. Babar Azam has led Pakistan in 40 matches, the most for any player from his country. Youngest players on Debut. The youngest player to play in a T20I match is Marian Gherasim at the age of 14 years and 16 days. Making his debut for Romania against the Bulgaria on 16 October 2020  in the first T20I of the 2020 Balkan Cup thus becoming the youngest to play in a men's T20I match. Oldest Players on Debut. The Turkish batsmen Osman Göker is the oldest player to make their debut a T20I match. Playing in the 2019 Continental Cup against Romania at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Moara Vlăsiei he was aged 59 years and 181 days. Oldest Players. The Turkish batsmen Osman Göker is the oldest player to appear in a T20I match during the same above mentioned match. Partnership records. In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting  together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close. Highest partnerships by wicket. A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth  wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed. Highest partnerships by runs. The highest T20I partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the Afghan pairing of Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani who put together an opening wicket partnership of 236 runs during the Ireland v Afghanistan series in India in 2019 Umpiring records. Most matches umpired. An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the "Laws of Cricket". Two umpires adjudicate the match on the field, whilst a third umpire has  access to video replays, and a fourth umpire looks after the match balls and other duties. The records below are only for on-field umpires. Aleem Dar of Pakistan holds the record for the most T20I matches umpired with 60.