Babar Azam hit 41 runs in 23 balls
Babar Azam may have got a place in Pakistan’s team for the Asia Cup. But, in an exhibition match played in Pakistan, he alone gave his team victory. The match was played between Peshawar Jalmi and Legends XI for a special purpose. The aim of the 15 -15 overs conducted by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sports Department and the Local Government was to collect financial assistance for the flood affected. In this match, Babar Azam had the command of Peshawar Jalmi in his hands, while the captain of Legend XI was Inzamam -ul -Haq. The match between the two teams was played on 30 August.
Babar Azam’s team scored 144 runs
Now the question is, what happened in the match? So in this match, Peshawar Jalmi’s team batted first and scored 144 runs in 14.4 overs. His captain Babar Azam scored the most runs for Peshawar Jalmi. Babar Azam, who came out to open, had to face veteran pacers like Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar Yunus. Babur hired his balls with great vigor.
Babar Azam hit 41 runs in 23 balls
Babar Azam faced only 23 balls in his inning and scored 41 runs on it. With this score, he was the highest run -scorer of his team. Babur neither was dismissed off Akhtar’s ball nor could he hurt him. Right -handed batsman Babar Azam Saeed was clean bold off Ajmal.
Inzamam and Azhar Mahmood batted at a strike rate of 200
Babar Azam’s 41 runs off 23 balls, Peshawar Jalmi set a target of 145 runs in front of Legends XI. Chasing this target, Legends XI’s team could score 138 runs for 6 wickets and lost the match with just 6 runs. The main reason for the Legends XI’s defeat was the failure of 6 of his top batsmen. His captain Inzamam -ul -Haq scored the most runs for Legends XI. Inzamam hit an unbeaten 46 off 23 balls at a strike rate of 200. At the same time, Azhar Mahmood scored an unbeaten 34 in 15 balls at a strike rate of more than 200. However, these efforts were insufficient to win.
Babar Azam also took 2 wickets
Babar Azam, who scored the most runs for Peshawar Jalmi in batting. He also did wonders with the ball. Babar Azam took 2 wickets for 21 runs in 3 overs. Both these wickets were of two big batsmen of Legends XI. Babar Azam took the first wicket of Azhar Ali. At the same time, he did another victim of Younis Khan.
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