Babar Azam in Lanka Premier League 2023: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam, playing for Colombo Strikers in the ongoing Lanka Premier League, struck a super 59-ball 104 against Galle Titans on Monday in Sri Lanka's Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Babar's batting heroics helped Colombo Strikers beat Titans by seven wickets with just one ball remaining in a 189-run chase. After the match got over, Babar requested reporters to warp up things quickly as he wanted to go offer his prayers. The video of the incident was shared by a Pakistani journalist on X (formerly known as Twitter). You can watch the viral video below.
Watch viral video of Babar Azam requesting reporters to hurry up as he needed to go offer his prayers
Babar Azam's century on Monday in the Colombo Strikers vs Galle Titans Lanka Premier League (LPL 2023) match helped him become only the second batter in the world after West Indies T20 legend Chris Gayle to score 10 or more centuries in T20 cricket.
Babar Azam, currently at number three in ICC Men's T20 rankings for batters, has so far scored three T20 centuries at international level for Pakistan. He has scored two centuries each in Vitality Blast and National T20 Cup, one century in Pakistan Super League (PSL) and another in a tour match against Leicestershire. In this way, after his century in the Lanka Premier League 2023, Babar took his T20 centuries tally to 10, also becoming only the fourth player to score a ton in Lanka Premier League since the inception of this T20 tournament in 2018.
Batters with most centuries in T20 cricket:
Chris Gayle: 22 (455 innings)
Babar Azam: 10* (254 innings)
Michael Klinger: 8 (198 innings)
David Warner: 8 (355 innings)
Virat Kohli: 8 (357 innings)
Aaron Finch: 8 (376 innings)