Srinagar: Continuing his supremacy of being current generations top batter in the World, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Monday smashed incredible T20 century for Colombo Strikers in the ongoing Lanka Premier League.
It was Babar Azam’s 10th century in the T20 cricket. Azam, scored 104 off 59 balls to help his side close the stiff 189-run chase in 19.5 overs.
Babar Azam has scored three centuries in international T20 cricket, two each in the Vitality Blast and National T20 Cup. He has also smashed a ton in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and one during a tour match against Leicestershire.
Babar’s ton on Monday took his tally to 10, also making him the fourth player to achieve the feat since the inception of LPL in 2018. Babar achieved the feat in his 264th Test.
West Indies legend Chris Gayle is the only other player to score more than 10 T20 centuries. Gayle, who holds the record for smashing the highest individual score (175* vs Pune Warriors, IPL 2013), leads the tally with 22 tons in 463 matches.
Australia’s David Warner, Aaron Finch, and Michael Klinger along with Virat Kohli have smashed eight T20 hundreds each under their name.
Babar had earlier said the tournament will help him adapt to different conditions in Asia.
“Whenever you play different leagues, in different conditions you end up learning a lot. I try my level best to perform well. I adapt to different conditions while facing different bowlers from Asia because we have a lot of cricket coming up in Asia. We have Asia Cup, the Afghanistan series and the World Cup as well. I will try to focus, adapt to the conditions, and face good spinners to prepare for these upcoming big tournaments,” he said.
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