KARACHI (Kashmir English): Lahore Qalandars’ star opener Fakhar Zaman not only led his team to victory against Quetta Gladiators with a match-winning century but also set a new PSL record, surpassing Babar Azam.
In the match against Quetta, Fakhar Zaman played a blazing innings of 103 off 50 balls, hitting 6 sixes and 11 fours, and was named the best player of the match.
With this honor, Fakhar Zaman has become the player who has won the most ‘Man of the Match’ awards in the history of PSL.
He has won this honor 14 times in 103 matches so far, while Babar Azam has been declared the best player of the match 9 times in 107 matches. Rylee Russo is in third position in this list.
Lahore Qalandars batted first in this match and had set a total of 197 runs thanks to Fakhar Zaman’s century. Chasing the target, Quetta Gladiators could score 188 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated overs, and Qalandars won the match by 9 runs.
For Lahore, Haris Rauf took 2 wickets, while captain Shaheen Afridi, Usama Mir, Sikandar Raza, and Obaid Shah took one wicket each.
Babar Azam equals another Virat Kohli’s T20 record
Babar Azam, captain of Peshawar Zalmi, has equalled a major world record held by Indian star Virat Kohli by becoming part of the most century partnerships in T20 cricket.
With this milestone, Babar has now been involved in 47 century stands in the shortest format, matching Kohli’s long-standing record
Chris Gayle and David Warner are third and fourth in the list with 46 and 45 such partnerships, respectively.
With this milestone, he has also equaled the record of Kamran Akmal, Riley Rossouw, and Usman Khan for scoring the most centuries in the league.
Overall, this is Babar Azam’s 12th century in T20 cricket, after which he has moved to second place in the list of players who have scored the most centuries, where West Indies’ Chris Gayle is at the top with 22 centuries.
