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Picture of Pakistani player Babar Azam (Pic Credit: Instagram/Babar Azam)
Babar Azam is in the headlines once again. Hey bro, Pakistan Super League has started. Now if the PSL goes on then the roar of Pakistan's biggest batsman i.e. Babar Azam's bat will definitely be heard. So that is exactly what is happening. Babar Azam is roaring with the bat and his fans are enjoying it. In PSL 2024, Babar Azam played such an explosive first innings that he created 4 records one after the other. In this innings, he hit as many sixes as he had never hit before in a PSL innings.
Now you must be thinking how many sixes Babar Azam hit? So before answering this it is also important for you to know which two teams Babar Azam played PSL 2024 match in which he did so. This match was played between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Jalmi on the evening of February 18 at the Lahore Ground. Babar Azam is the captain of Peshawar Zalmi. And, the team batting first in the match was Quetta Gladiators. This team scored 206 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs thanks to 75 runs from Jason Roy and 74 runs from Saud Shakeel.
Babar Azam reaches his half-century in style! #HBLPSL9 | #KhulKeKhel | #QGvPZ pic.twitter.com/1cHcL4sTGg
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) February 18, 2024
Babar Azam created a record in the number of sixes he hit.
Now Babar Azam's team had a big target of 207 runs in front of Peshawar Jalmi. Before this big goal, Babar Azam himself wanted to lead the team from the front. He opened an account with Siam Ayub. He seemed to give the team the start it needed. Siam Ayub was dismissed after scoring 42 runs but for the first time Babar was seen playing such an innings at the PSL crease, in which he hit more sixes than before.
Babar Azam got out after scoring 68 runs off 42 balls. During this, he also hit 4 sixes in addition to 4 fours. The surprising thing is that as many sixes were hit in this innings, as many records were made. The first record is that he hit 4 sixes in his PSL innings for the first time. The second record is that Babar is the batsman with the most fifties in the PSL. He now has 29 fifties to his name. During this innings, he also became the only batsman to score over 3000 runs in the PSL. Apart from this, Babar has also become the batsman who hit 50 sixes in PSL.
Babar Azam could not avoid this threat
However, despite playing such a record-breaking innings Babar Azam Couldn't avoid the threat of defeat hanging over his team. Maybe if he had played till the end he could have done it but it didn't happen. And, his team Peshawar Jalmi lost by 16 runs against Quetta Gladiators.
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