Sahibzada Farhan became the second Pakistani batsman after Ahmed Shehzad to register a hundred in a T20 World Cup after the opener remained not out on 100 against Namibia in a do-or-die Group A clash in Colombo on Wednesday. Farhan, who had quite a campaign so far, rose up to the occasion when Pakistan needed him the most.
Having lost the India game by a big margin, Pakistan need to beat Namibia for a place in the Super 8. Opting to bat first, Pakistan lost Saim Ayub inside the powerplay but Farhan went on his business at the other end with his classic and clean hitting of the ball.
After a 40-run stand for the first wicket, Farhan stitches 67 runs for the second with captain Salman ali Agha (38). But it was his unbroken stand of 81 with Shadab Khan that, powered Pakistan close to 200. He finally reached his hundred in the final over bowled by Gerhard Erasmus with a drive towards long-on.
Shehzad was the first to score a hundred for Pakistan in the T20 World Cups in the 2014 edition. In fact, Farhan became the third batsman to score a hundred in T20 World Cup 2026 after Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka and Canada’s Yuvraj Samra. Incidentally, all three hundreds came from openers.
