Babar Azam’s 100 half-centuries (Photo: PTI)
Babar Azam: These days Babar Azam is playing in the T20 league being played in his country. Here on April 15, Virat Kohli was writing the story of victory in IPL for his team RCB on the pitch of Bengaluru. On the other hand, in Karachi, Babar Azam was writing the script of victory for his PSL team Peshawar Zalmi. However, due to the innings with which he led the team to victory, he became so famous that he became number 1 in Pakistan, number 2 in Asia and number 3 in the world.
Babar Azam becomes number 1 in Pakistan
Now you must be wondering in which case Babar Azam raised the flag? The answer to this question is related to the number of half-centuries he scored in T20 cricket. Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam played an innings of 71 runs on 51 balls while chasing the target of 155 runs in the match against Quetta Gladiators. This was Babar Azam’s 100th half-century in T20 cricket. He is the first Pakistani to achieve this success. Babar Azam has scored 100 half-centuries in 341 innings of 354 T20 matches.
Babar Azam number 2 in Asia
Before Babar Azam, Virat Kohli had crossed the number of 100 half-centuries in T20. Virat currently has 107 half-centuries, which he has scored in 402 innings of 419 T20s. In this way, Babar Azam is the second batsman in Asia to score 100 half-centuries in T20 cricket.
Babar Azam’s third position in the world
Australia’s David Warner has the maximum number of 116 half-centuries in T20 cricket. Warner is at number one after scoring 116 half-centuries in 435 innings of 436 matches. In this way, Babar Azam is at third place after David Warner and Virat Kohli in terms of scoring most half centuries in T20 in the whole world.
How did Babar Azam complete 100 centuries?
Now the question is how did Babar Azam score 100 half-centuries in his T20 career? He has done this by scoring 39 fifties in T20 International, 38 in PSL, 2 in BBL, 3 in BPL and one half-century in LPL.
