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Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam has performed strongly in T20 cricket. He scored an explosive century in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) match on Monday. Playing for Peshawar Zalmi against Islamabad United, he opened and scored 111 not out with the help of 14 fours and 2 sixes in 63 balls at a strike rate of over 176. With this, Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam completed his 11th century in T-20 cricket.
Batsman who has scored most centuries after Chris Gayle
Babar Azam has scored 11 centuries and 84 half-centuries in 273 innings of 283 matches in his T20 career. So far he has scored 10256 runs at an average of 44.39. Babar Azam is at second place in terms of scoring most centuries in T20 cricket. Whereas in the first place is West Indies legend Chris Gayle who has scored 22 centuries in T20. That means Babar Azam is 12 centuries away from breaking Chris Gayle's record. It can be said that the way Babar Azam is batting, he will soon break Chris Gayle's record.
Babar Azam's brilliant performance
After Bangladesh Premier League, Babar Azam's bat is also doing well in Pakistan Super League. He scored 68 runs in the first match, 72 runs in the second match, 31 runs in the third match and 48 runs in the fourth match. Now he has silenced the critics by scoring a brilliant century. Many questions were raised about Babar Azam's slow batting in T20 but his explosive batting with improvised shots against Islamabad United made the cricket lovers happy.
Excellent bowling by Arif Yaqoob
Talking about the match, Peshawar Zalmi, batting first, scored 201 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs with the help of Babar Azam's century. Chasing which, Islamabad United could score only 193 runs for 9 wickets and lost the match. Babar's young bowler Arif Yaqoob became a star. He took 5 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs. Peshawar Zalmi's next match will be against Lahore Qalandars on March 2. In which once again the explosive batting of Babar Azam can be seen.