Babar Azam Bats With Strike Rate Of 192.31, Scores 52-Ball 100 In Pakistan Super League Match

Babar Azam opened the innings for Peshawar Zalmi in their eighth match of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season and played an unbeaten knock of 100 runs from 52 balls. During his stay at the crease against Quetta Gladiators at National Stadium in Karachi, the 31-year-old right-handed batter from Lahore batted with a strike rate of 192.31 and hammered 6 fours and 4 sixes.

He completed his century by running two on the last ball of Peshawar Zalmi’s innings bowled by Jahandad Khan.

Babar Azam in this PSL so far:👑

7 innings*
401 runs
100.25 average
144 Strike Rate
-Not a T20 player agenda in mud 🔥#BabarAzam #PSLpic.twitter.com/hrcSx42Y1D

— Hamza Khan (@Hamzakhan17_) April 19, 2026

The century by Babar against Quetta on Sunday was his third

century in the PSL, and it helped him equal the record of scoring most 100s in Pakistan’s premier T20 tournament.

Most 100s in Pakistan Super League

PLAYER	COUNTRY	TEAM(S)	MATCHES	RUNS	100s
Babar Azam	Pakistan	Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Peshawar Zalmi	107	4193	3
Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	Peshawar Zalmi	75	1972	3
Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	Multan Sultans, Quetta Gladiators	102	2452	3
Usman Khan	Pakistan	Hyderabad Kingsmen, Multan Sultans, Quetta Gladiators	32	1036	3
Fakhar Zaman	Pakistan	Lahore Qalandars	102	3143	2
Mohammad Rizwan	Pakistan	Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Multan Sultans, Rawalpindiz	100	2877	2
Jason Roy	England	Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Quetta Gladiators	40	1315	2
Sahibzada Farhan	Pakistan	Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Multan Sultans	40	1155	2
Sharjeel Khan	Pakistan	Hyderabad Kingsmen, Islamabad United, Karachi Kings	51	1180	2

Babar, who added 135 runs from 75 balls for Peshawar Zalmi with Kusal Mendis (83 from 44 balls) for the second wicket on Sunday overall, has 12 centuries to his name now in T20s.

Only Chris Gayle has scored more triple-digit scores in the 20-over format of the game than Babar.

In the list of batters with the most 100s in T20s, Babar is followed by David Warner (10 centuries in 436 matches), and four players – Quinton de Kock, Virat Kohli, Rilee Rossouw and Sahibzada Farhan – have 9 centuries each to their credit.

Most 100s in T20s

• Chris Gayle – 22
• Babar Azam – 12
• David Warner – 10
• Quinton de Kock – 9
• Virat Kohli – 9
• Rilee Rossouw – 9
• Sahibzada Farhan – 9

In the ongoing 2026 edition of the PSL, Babar has amassed a total of 401 runs in seven innings for Peshawar Zalmi. Only Kusal Mendis (413) of Peshawar Zalmi has scored more runs than him. Babar’s batting average in IPL 2026 after his 100-run knock against Quetta on Sunday has jumped to 100.25.