Twitters lauds Babar Azam after his masterful century in Bulawayo against Zimbabwe
He also became the second fastest to eight ODI tons after South African batsman Hashim Amla.
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Pakistan have undoubtedly been the dominant force in the five-match ODI series against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. The first four matches were comprehensively won by the Men in Green and they took a lead of 4-0. The hosts couldn’t match fire with fire and have strained to make any sort of an impact in the 50-overs fixtures. The final match is presently underway and the visitors have again been phenomenal.
Fakhar Zaman, unfortunately, missed out on a century, however, his partner left-handed Imam-ul-Haq made sure that he scored his fourth century in only his ninth match. The top-order has done most of the work and hence, the middle-order has hardly come under the pump. Meanwhile, Babar Azam, one of Pakistan’s most prolific run-scorers in the 50-overs format, scored his eighth century.
Babar blazes away
He came to bat after 18-year-old Liam Roche got rid of Fakhar in the final delivery of the 25th over. The pugnacious potential didn’t blaze away and bided his time in the middle to get the measure of the conditions and the bowling. He accomplished his half-century in 55 balls and looked settled to launch the final onslaught on the hapless Zimbabwean bowlers in the death overs.
The Lahore-born cricketer notched a gear up and reached his century in double quick time. He accomplished the same in 72 balls with a deft touch through third-man off Donald Tiripano in the final over of Pakistan’s innings. The 23-year-old eventually ended with 106 runs from 76 balls, a knock which was carved with nine boundaries and a couple of monstrous blows over the ropes.
He also became the second fastest to eight ODI tons after South African batsman Hashim Amla. The masterclass also ensured that the Men in Green post a mammoth target of 365 for the home team to track down. In the meantime, Twitter hailed Babar for yet another century in the format.
Here is how Twitter reacted
Babar Azam (44 innings) has become the 2nd Fastest Batsman to score 8 hundreds in ODI Cricket only behind Hashim Amla (43 innings). Quinton de Kock (52 innings) and Shikhar Dhawan (57 innings) are following behind. #ZIMvPAK
— Israr Ahmed Hashmi (@IamIsrarHashmi) July 22, 2018
Fastest to EIGHT ODI Hundreds:
43 Innings – Hashim Amla 🇿🇦
44 Innings – Babar Azam 🇵🇰
52 Innings – Quinton de Kock 🇿🇦
57 Innings – Shikhar Dhawan 🇮🇳Babar Azam scored last 50 Runs off just 17 Balls.
Champion Knock from a Champion Batsman #PAKvZIM #ZIMvPAK pic.twitter.com/CA1dNlcN5L— Saad 🇵🇰 (@ImSaadAwais22) July 22, 2018
100* Babar Azam
To Be Honest Better Than Parchi Imam ul Haq Just Look at the balls pic.twitter.com/W700LosXIy
— CricPassion (@Cric_Passion92) July 22, 2018
Fakhar Zaman breaks the record of fastest to 1000 ODI runs
Shoaib Malik completes 7000 ODI runs
And Babar Azam finally scores a 100 too#pakvszim— Ahsan Masood Tanoli (@AhsanTanoli) July 22, 2018
@ZAbbasOfficial @Saj_PakPassion @saba_fazeela @DrNaumanNiaz
Babar Azam k liye kuch to kahiye… he just did what we usually demand from him… "acceleration".— Muhammad Usman (@Maan4664) July 22, 2018
What a century Babar Azam, 76 balls only. His second fifty came up on 17 balls only. #PAKvZIM
— Jibran T. Siddiqui (@jibransiddiqui) July 22, 2018
If Babar Azam scores 27 runs in the next match (On 18 Sep), He would be the 2nd fastest (After Amla) and joint fastest Pakistani (With Zaheer Abbas) to 2K ODI Runs. #PAKvZIM #ZIMvPAK #AsiaCup2018
— Saad 🇵🇰 (@ImSaadAwais22) July 22, 2018
Tbh he played better than Fakhar and imam. He is pure class take a bow , the Great Babar Azam! #PAKvZIM pic.twitter.com/SlpwJk5OoO
— Nayab Khan Afridi (@NayabAfridi__10) July 22, 2018
Eighth ODI hundred for Babar Azam!
First 57 balls – 53 runs
Next 16 balls – 51 runs #ZIMvPAK— #IPL2019 #IPL2019 #IPL2019 (@HotStarIPL) July 22, 2018
Babar Azam scored his 2nd fifty (50-100) in 17 balls.
Afridi's fastest ODI fifty in his entire career was in 18 balls.
These facts are enough to haunt Afridi fans for the rest of their lives.— Urwa Khan (@Urwa_Says) July 22, 2018
Best Part of this innings was
BABAR AZAM completing his 100 with some class Hitting!! #PAKvZIM#ZIMvPAK #PakistanZindabad— Ashim Ghimire ॐ (@aashimghimire) July 22, 2018
Babar Azam's second fifty came off just 17 balls as he went from 50 off 55 to 100 off 72… He finished with 106* off 76 #ZIMvPAK
— 💖قربان علی💖 (@QuRbaN_Gii) July 22, 2018
Babar Azam 106* breakdown:
First 53 runs off 57 balls.
Last 53 runs off 19 balls.3rd Best ODI Batsman is Back 🔥 #PAKvZIM #ZIMvPAK pic.twitter.com/fZLS7pPwTm
— Saad 🇵🇰 (@ImSaadAwais22) July 22, 2018
Fakhar gone but zimbabwe dont know how to handle babar azam😂
— Waleed Saleem (@waleedsaleem7) July 22, 2018
Babar Azam flurry at the end , as he reaches his century #ZIMvPAK
— Vinay RKM (@vinzalwayz) July 22, 2018
Fastest to EIGHT ODI Hundreds
43 Innings – Hashim Amla 🇿🇦
44 Innings – Babar Azam 🇵🇰
52 Innings – Quinton de Kock 🇿🇦
57 Innings – Shikhar Dhawan 🇮🇳Babar Azam scored last 50 Runs off just 17 Balls
Champion Knock from a Champion Batsman #PakVsZim pic.twitter.com/vzUkrxalnA— Muhammad Yasir 🇵🇰 (@myasirsheikh) July 22, 2018
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