Srinagar: Pakistan young hard hitting batter Azam Khan has once again displayed his powerhitting skills as he smashed the fastest ever fifty in International League T20 (ILT20) history on Saturday against Gulf Giants at the Dubai International Stadium.
Azam Khan smashed 18 ball fifty for Desert Vipers to win it for his side. Pakistan batyer remained not out on 50 off 20 balls with five boundaries and four sixes, and along with his skipper Colin Munro, who scored 51 off 36 balls with six boundaries and two sixes, they won the match with 19 balls to spare.
With this win Vipers to move to the third slot in the points table while defending champions Giants slipped to the bottom of the table. ILT20 2024:
Khan hit the first ball he faced from Zubair for a straight six. He helped Munro accelerate the run flow and overtook Munro’s score in no time. With 50 runs needed off 36 balls, he hit Brathwaite for two consecutive sixes and fours to take 22 runs off the 15th over. Munro too hit Zubair for two consecutive sixes and three boundaries to take 26 runs off the 16th over. Together they put on 80 runs off 34 balls for the fourth wicket before Munro got caught by Gerhard Erasmus at mid-wicket off Blessing Muzarabani.
