Babar Azam Creates T20 History, Becomes First Pakistani Batter To...

Peshawar Zalmi have made a terrific start to their 2026 Pakistan Super League campaign having won six of their seven matches so far with one being abandoned due to rain. Led by Babar Azam, Zalmi are currently perched at the top of the PSL 2026 points table.

On Wednesday, they defeated Quetta Gladiators by eight wickets with opener Babar hitting an unbeaten 71 off 51 for his second half-century of the season.

The 31-year-old, after his latest effort with the bat, thus joined an elite club that features only three other batters – David Warner (Australia), Virat Kohli (India) and Jos Buttler (England). He’s the fourth batter in T20 history to register a century of half-centuries.

The record for the most T20 career fifties belongs to Warner who has

116 such scores in 436 matches to his name. India’s Kohli is second on this list with 107 fifties from 419 games.

S. no.	Name	Matches	Runs	50	100
1	David Warner	436	14121	116	10
2	Virat Kohli	419	13771	107	9
3	Babar Azam	354	12206	100	11
4	Jos Buttler	497	14021	100	8
5	Alex Hales	528	14449	92	7
6	Chris Gayle	463	14562	88	22
7	James Vince	470	13102	84	7
8	Faf du Plessis	431	12041	83	8
9	Rohit Sharma	467	12385	83	8
10	Shoaib Malik	557	13571	83	0

Top 10 Players With Most T20 Half-Centuries (Stats updated till April 15, 2026.)

Babar is currently second on the list of PSL 2026’s top run-getters with 301 runs from six innings. His teammate Kusal Mendis is currently leading the standings with 330 runs from six innings.

Kohli Misses Out On Fifty

Meanwhile, Kohli played the starring role with the bat for his IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru after playing as an Impact Substitute against Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday night. Kohli, nursing a sore knee, scored 49 as RCB claimed the top spot on the IPL points table with a comfortable five-wicket win at home.

Kohli climbed up to the top of the Orange Cap race having racked up 228 runs from five innings so far at a strike-rate of 158.33. He replaced Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Heinrich Klaasen who has slipped to the second spot with 224 runs from five innings.