Babar Azam Creates History In Pakistan Super League (PSL) By Scoring 500 Runs In Single Series.
Captain Babar Azam made history by becoming the first player to score 500 runs in a single PSL 6 edition. In innings against Quetta Gladiators, he broke 23 runs with 25 balls to increase his tournament run count to 501.
The Karachi Kings Squad all-rounder crushed up to 6 fifties in 10 games and scored an average of 71.57 runs. He had also held the previous record for the most runs in a single PSL edition, which he maintained with 473 runs, hitting 11 innings in the previous edition.
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babar Azam | 2016-2021 | 57* | 55 | 8 | 2017 | 90* | 42.91 | 1658 | 121.65 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 213 | 35 |
| (Islamabad United, Karachi Kings) | ||||||||||||||
| Kamran Akmal | 2016-2021 | 66 | 65 | 2 | 1763 | 107* | 27.98 | 1284 | 137.30 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 188 | 83 |
| (Peshawar Zalmi) | ||||||||||||||
| Shoaib Malik | 2016-2021 | 58 | 54 | 10 | 1371 | 73 | 31.15 | 1093 | 125.43 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 93 | 53 |
| (Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi) | ||||||||||||||
| SR Watson | 2016-2020 | 46 | 46 | 4 | 1361 | 91* | 32.40 | 982 | 138.59 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 123 | 81 |
| (Islamabad United, Quetta Gladiators) | ||||||||||||||
| Fakhar Zaman | 2017-2021 | 50 | 50 | 1 | 1351 | 94 | 27.57 | 1012 | 133.49 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 137 | 53 |
| (Lahore Qalandars) | ||||||||||||||
The current PSL 2021 has come to an end, however, as the last double-headed ball or the last two league games of this season will be played on Saturday.
Also Read: Watch PSL Live Streaming 2021 Online: Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators, Match 29
The battle of the last two, Quetta Gladiators versus Karachi Kings, has started with a lot to do for Karachi.
Another defeat and they will be out of place in knockout rounds too.
Babar Azam of the Karachi Kings and Shahnawaz Dahani of the Multan Sultans led the batting and bowling honors respectively at the end of the league phase of the sixth edition of the PSL.
