Sahibzada Farhan celebrates after scoring a half-century throughout the 2026 ICC Males’s T20 Cricket World Cup group stage match towards Namibia on the Sinhalese Sports activities Membership (SSC) Floor in Colombo on February 18, 2026. — AFP
Sahibzada Farhan’s beautiful century on Wednesday powered Pakistan to 199-3 setting a 200-run goal towards Namibia in essential T20 World Cup group stage match being performed on the SSC Cricket Floor in Sri Lanka’s Colombo.
Batting first, Pakistan acquired off to a stable begin, with openers Saim Ayub and Farhan scoring freely from the outset to offer an early benefit.Â
Nevertheless, the 40-run opening stand was damaged when Saim was dismissed by Jack Brassell for 14 off 12 balls, together with two fours.
Captain Salman Ali Agha then joined Farhan and put collectively a 67-run partnership for the second wicket, easing the strain and taking the workforce previous the 100-run mark.Â
Farhan was in nice type, persevering with to pile on essential runs with boundaries, reaching his tenth T20I fifty.
The partnership was finally damaged as Brassell struck once more, eradicating Agha for 38 off 23 balls, with three fours and two sixes, leaving Pakistan at 107-2 in 12.1 overs.Â
Surprisingly, Babar Azam didn’t are available in at quantity three; as a substitute, Khawaja Nafay was despatched to the crease.Â
Nevertheless, his innings was transient, as he was dismissed for a run-a-ball 5, which included one boundary, by captain Gerhard Erasmus.
Shadab Khan got here to bat and initially struggled, however Farhan continued his chic type, hitting boundaries and taking Pakistan previous the 150-run mark.
Farhan saved the momentum going, citing his maiden T20I century and becoming a member of Ahmed Shehzad as solely the second Pakistani batter to attain a ton in a T20 World Cup.
The duo added a 50-run stand for the fourth wicket, with Shadab gaining momentum and piling on runs.Â
The innings concluded with Farhan unbeaten on 100 off 58 deliveries, hitting 11 fours and 4 sixes, whereas Shadab completed on 36 off 22 balls, together with one 4 and three sixes.
Enjoying XIs
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha (c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (wk), Khawaja Nafay, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Salman Mirza and Usman Tariq.
Namibia: Louren Steenkamp, Jan Frylinck, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Alexander Volschenk, JJ Smit, Zane Inexperienced (wk), Ruben Trumpelmann, Willem Myburgh, Bernard Scholtz and Jack Brassell.
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