Salman Ali Agha Scripts History, Breaks Rahul Dravid's THIS WORLD RECORD During PAK vs ZIM Match

Pakistan T20I Tri-Series 2025: Pakistan's T20I captain Salman Ali Agha entered his name in the history books during their match against Zimbabwe in the ongoing Tri-Series 2025 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Agha-led side registered their third successive win in the ongoing series.

Salman Agha has broken Rahul Dravid’s world record of featuring in the most international matches in a calendar year. The match against Zimbabwe was Salman's 54th international appearance for Pakistan in 2025. He went past Dravid’s tally of 53 international matches for India in 1999. Pakistan’s Mohammad Yousuf and India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni also played 53 international matches each in 2000 and 2007, respectively.

Most international matches in a calendar year

Salman Ali Agha (PAK): 54 international matchs in 2025

Rahul Dravid (IND): 53 international matches in 1999

Mohammad Yousuf (PAK): 53 international matches in 2000

MS Dhoni (IND): 53 international matches in 2007

In the ongoing calendar year, Agha, who led Pakistan to the Asia Cup final in September, has featured in five Tests, 17 ODIs and 32 T20I matches.

Salman Ali Agha’s record in 2025

Tests: 277 runs and 4 wickets in 5 matches

ODIs: 667 runs and 4 wickets in 17 matches

T20Is: 548 runs and 3 wickets in 32 matches

In the match played between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Rawalpindi on Sunday, Agha came out to bat at No. 6 for the hosts and remained unbeaten on 1 run from two balls. After opting to bat first, Pakistan posted a mammoth total of 195/5 in their 20 overs on the back of fifties from Babar Azam (74) amd Sahibzada Farhan (63).

They bowled Zimbabwe out for just 126 runs in 19 overs as Usman Tariq picked up four wickets for 18 runs in his four overs, whereas Mohammad Nawaz found a couple of scalps. The hosts registered a 69-run victory, putting their one foot forward for a place in the finals.

"It was perfect, that is what I wanted from my team yesterday and tonight. When you have 70 metres boundaries, runnning between the wickets is going to be really crucial and that is something we discuss in the team meetings. He is an X factor (talking about Usman Tariq) and that's how we want to use him. If we have a bowler like that who can create that kind of impact in the middle overs, we are always going to be on the winning side," PAK skipper Salman said at the post-match presentation.