NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain and current skipper of
Peshawar Zalmi
Babar Azam attributed his century against
Islamabad United
in the ongoing
Pakistan Super League
(
PSL
) to the good luck brought by his mother.
Peshawar secured an 8-run victory over Islamabad on Monday, marking their third consecutive win in the ongoing season. Babar, opening alongside Saim Ayub, played an outstanding innings, scoring an unbeaten 111 in 63 deliveries, featuring 11 fours and two sixes.
With Babar's mother in attendance during the match, he shared the significance of the special moment and the impact of his influential innings.
"My mother came [to watch] for the first time. She's very happy. She enjoyed it. She always watches at home but she proved to be [a source of] good luck for me. She came to watch the match and I scored a hundred," Babar said, as quoted from Geo News.
Babar's knock played an instrumental role in helping Peshawar reach a competitive total of 201/5. In reply, Peshawar managed to restrict Islamabad on 193/9. Colin Munro and Azam Khan fought valiantly with their respective knocks of 71 and 75. However, their efforts weren't enough to steer their team towards victory.
The former Pakistan skipper went through a barren phase during last year's World Cup and the Test series against Australia. During the ICC event, the right-handed batter amassed just 320 runs with a strike rate of 82.90. After Pakistan crashed out of the tournament, Babar stepped down from the captaincy of all formats, and Shaheen Afridi was named as the T20I skipper.
However, in the first three games of the five-match T20I series against New Zealand, Babar showed glimpses of returning to his peak.
Against the Kiwis, the experienced batter registered scores of 57, 66 and 58. Overall, in the series, he amassed 213 runs at an average of 42.6.
(With inputs from ANI)
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