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Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Azmatullah Omarzai

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Gareth Delany

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Barry McCarthy

Joshua Little

Ben White

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Bashir Ahmad

Bilal Sami

Darwish Abdul Rasooli

Fareed Ahmad Malik

Farmanullah Safi

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Hashmatullah Shahidi

Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai

Ikram Alikhil

Imran Mir

Ismat Alam

Karim Janat

Khalil Gurbaz

Mohammad Ishaq Shirzad

Mohammad Nabi Eisakhil

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Nangeyalia Kharote Khan

Noor Ahmad Lakanwal

Qais Ahmad Kamawal

Rahmat Shah Zurmati

Rashid Khan Arman

Shahidullah Kamal

Sharafuddin Ashraf

Wafiullah Stanikzai Tarakhil

Mohammad Yamin Ahmadzai

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi

Zubaid Akbari

Andrew Balbirnie

Andrew Robert McBrine

Barry John McCarthy

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Cade Carmichael

Craig Alexander Young

Fionn Philip Hand

Gareth James Delany

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Harry Tom Tector

Jordan Enno Neill

Joshua Brian Little

Liam McCarthy

Lorcan John Tucker

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Matthew James Humphreys

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<p>Paul Sterling became first male batter to hammer 400 fours in T20 Internationals leaving behind Babar Azam in doing so. He achieved this feat during Ireland vs Afghanistan's 1st T20I.</p>

From left: Pakistan's Babar Azam, Ireland's Paul Sterling, India's Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in this frame. (Getty)

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Neither Virat Kohli, nor Babar Azam or Rohit Sharma! Ireland's Paul Sterling becomes 1st ever batter to clock this mega milestone in T20Is