Pakistan captain Babar Azam hits 6th T20 hundred, overtakes Virat Kohli and emulates Rohit Sharma in elite list

Pakistan captain Babar Azam hit his 6th T20 hundred but it ended in vain as Central Punjab lost to Northern on Thursday in the National T20 Cup. Babar set a new record for the most hundreds in the shortest format of the game by a Pakistan batter.

Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Thursday set a new record for the most T20 hundreds by a batsman from the country. He hit his 6th T20 hundred when playing for Central Punjab against Northen in the National T20 Cup in Rawalpindi, going past the tally of Ahmed Shehzad and Kamran Akmal who had scored 5 each. The batting MAESTRO posts his 6th T20 century!@babarazam258 truly SENSATIONALThe first 100 of the #NationalT20Cup 2021-22#NORvCP Live: https://t.co/c1M3QVvkws#KhelTouHoRahaHai pic.twitter.com/jGSpjJgUGG

Babar Azam also went past India captain Virat Kohli on the list of batters with most T20 hundreds. Kohli has scored 5 hundreds from 315 matches while Babar has 6 from 194 matches in the shortest format of the game.