Unstoppable Babar Azam smashes another record with 6th T20 century

By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 06 Jan 2023

Central Punjab skipper Babar Azam on Thursday played a captain's knock as he smashed his sixth T20 century, becoming the only Pakistani player to achieve the feat.

The batsman has made the record during the National T20 Cup at Pindi Cricket Stadium as his team went toe-to-toe with Northern. Earlier, Pakistan's Kamran Akmal and Ahmed Shahzad had made five centuries each.

The skipper was able to make today's century with the help of 11 fours and three sixes and remained not out for 105 runs.

Babar Azam has earlier had the distinction to be the fastest Asian batsman to 3,000, 4,000 and 6,000 T20 runs.

He is also the fastest Asian to 1,000 T20I and fastest to 2,000 T20I runs.

As if that's not impressive enough, Babar Azam is currently ranked as the best batsman by the ICC's ODI Player Rankings, with Indian skipper Virat Kohli finishing at number 2 behind him.

In his T20 career so far, Babar Azam has managed to score six centuries and 59 half-centuries.

The Pakistani skipper has been on a roll lately, putting in solid opening pair partnerships with wicketkeeper Rizwan to help the team put up a respectable total in T20Is.