Babar Azam Makes History By Scoring 500 Runs In Single PSL Season

Babar Azam Makes History By Scoring 500 Runs In A Single PSL Season

Arhama Altaf

20th Jun, 2021. 01:15 pm
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Babar Azam becomes the first player to score 500 runs in a single Pakistan Super League (PSL) season.

Captain Babar Azam made history by becoming the first player to score 500 runs in a single edition of PSL. In the innings against Quetta Gladiators, he smashed 23 runs off 25 balls to take his tournament runs tally to 501.

The all-rounder has smashed as many as 6 fifties in 10 matches and scored runs at an average of 71.57.

He had also held the previous record of most runs in a single edition of PSL which he claimed while scoring 473 runs, batting 11 innings in the previous edition.

PSL Most Runs
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)

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However, the ongoing PSL 2021 has reached its end as the last doubleheader or the last two league games of this season are being played on Saturday. The two bottom-placed Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings’ battle is on with a lot to play for Karachi. One more defeat and they will also be left out of s place in knockouts.

Karachi Kings’ Babar Azam and Multan Sultans’ Shahnawaz Dahani topped the batting and bowling honours, respectively, at the end of the league stage of PSL sixth edition.