Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium T20 records: Rawalpindi T20 records and highest innings totals

Pakistan Super League has returned to the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium after a three-year gap. One of the four venues which have been allotted matches in the ongoing eighth season of the PSL, Rawalpindi will be hosting the first of its 11 matches within 12 days tonight.

Since last hosting a T20I in 2020, the city has only hosted National T20 Cup matches in both 2021 and 2022. With citizens set to get enough opportunities of watching PSL 8 matches in Rawalpindi, expect jam-packed stadiums in all the upcoming matches.

Peshawar Zalmi and Karachi Kings will lock horns in the first PSL 2023 match at this venue on Wednesday. Readers must note that Zalmi will play a maximum of six matches here followed by Islamabad United (5), Kings (4), Quetta Gladiators (4), Multan Sultans (3) and Lahore Qalandars (2).

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium T20 records

Highest T20 run-scorers at this stadium are Kamran Akmal (1,084), Babar Azam (997), Ahmed Shehzad (984), Sohaib Maqsood (947) and Khurram Manzoor (907). Since Akmal, Shehzad and Manzoor aren’t part of PSL 2023 team squads, best batters here among active cricketers are:

Highest wicket-takers in Rawalpindi T20s are Wahab Riaz (52), Anwar Ali (40), Sohail Khan (38), Imran Khan (38) and Rumman Raees (33). It is noteworthy that both the Khans aren’t playing Pakistan Super League 8.

Highest innings totals in Rawalpindi T20s

As far as the highest successful T20 run-chases at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium are concerned, the above mentioned fourth-highest innings total is a record for the same. A match-winning 54-ball 127-run partnership for the fifth wicket between Khushdil Shah (100) and Hussain Talat (62) had played a pivotal role in Southern Punjab sealing a 217-run chase with a couple of remaining in the match.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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