Babar Azam played a magnificent innings of 71 for Peshawar Zalmi against Quetta Gladiators to lead the team to an impressive win at the National Stadium in Karachi.
There have been questions of form in recent times, but the Pakistan stalwart has shown glimpses of his vintage best in PSL 2026. He has scored 301 in six games and is the second leading run scorer of the tournament.
Babar has lost his place in the Pakistan T20I series after a string of poor performances, but he remains Pakistan’s best batsman in the format. With 12206 runs in T20s, he is Pakistan’s second-highest after Shoaib malik, and 11th overall in the list of most runs in the format.
Babar Azam Creates History
Meanwhile, the fifty by Babar Azam helped him script history in T20 cricket. This was Babar’s 100th fifty in T20s, and he became the first Pakistani to achieve the feat. Babar is only the fourth player after David Warner, Virat Kohli, and Jos Buttler, to complete a century of fifties.
Most Fifties In T20Is
- David Warner – 116
- Virat Kohli – 107
- Jos Buttler – 100
- Babar Azam – 100
Can Babar Azam Leapfrog Kohli, Warner?
Babar is still active in T20Is and might be able to return to the Pakistan cricket team later. He’s only 31, so there is still a good five years of cricket left in him. Virat Kohli doesn’t play T20Is apart from IPL, and Warner is 39, so he won’t hang around for long. Babar Azam has a real chance of challenging Virat Kohli and David Warner’s slots in the next few years. His only challenge will be Jos Buttler, who also has a few years of cricket left and is probably the better of the two players. If Buttler has a good two to three years, Babar might not be able to beat that.