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Sahibzada Farhan scripts history: Pakistan’s explosive opener Sahibzada Farhan created history in the T20 World Cup. He became the first batsman in the world to score two centuries in one edition of the T20 World Cup. He completed his century in 59 balls. Farhan also broke Virat Kohli’s record during this period. Kohli had the record of scoring most runs in a T20 World Cup, which Farhan has now made his name. Farhan has made the maximum score of 383 in this World Cup.
Sahibzada Farhan became the first batsman to score two centuries in a single edition of the T20 World Cup.
New Delhi. Whenever there is talk of records in the shortest format of cricket, big names are often mentioned. But in the Super-8 stage of T20 World Cup 2026, Pakistan’s opening batsman Sahibzada Farhan has done what no other great batsman could do in a single edition of T20 World Cup till date. Farhan not only scored a brilliant century against Sri Lanka at Pallekele ground, but also got his name registered in golden letters in the pages of history.
Sahibzada Farhan became the first batsman in the world to score two centuries in the same edition (season) of the T20 World Cup. In this important match against Sri Lanka, he completed his century in just 59 balls. This innings of Farhan included 9 fours and 5 skyscraper sixes. Interestingly, he also played a century against Namibia in the group stage of the same tournament. This extraordinary form of Farhan has made Pakistan a strong contender for the title in this World Cup.
Sahibzada Farhan became the first batsman to score two centuries in a single edition of the T20 World Cup.
Left behind Chris Gayle’s record
In the history of T20 World Cup, ‘Universe Boss’ Chris Gayle was the only batsman to have two centuries in his name. However, Gayle scored these two centuries in different editions (2007 and 2016). Farhan has now not only equaled Gayle by touching the 100 mark twice in the same tournament, but has also gone one step ahead of him in terms of consistency.
‘Farhan Show’ in Pallekele against Sri Lanka
On the Pallekele pitch, the Sri Lankan bowlers had no answer to Farhan’s batting. He along with Fakhar Zaman (84 runs) made a record breaking partnership of 176 runs for the first wicket. This has also become the biggest partnership for any wicket in T20 World Cup history.
Farhan used the pace of experienced bowlers like Chameera and Madushanka very well during his innings. The biggest quality of his batting was that he scored runs against both spin and pace with equal ease.
Match status: Pakistan’s huge score
Thanks to Farhan’s 100 runs, Pakistan scored a huge score of 212/8 in the stipulated 20 overs. However, in the last overs, Sri Lanka’s Dilshan Madushanka made a brilliant comeback and dismissed Farhan and Shaheen Afridi, due to which Pakistan’s innings faltered a bit. Pakistan slipped from the score of 176/1 at one time and ended its innings at 212/8.
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