Champions Cup: Sarfaraz Ahmed trolls Babar Azam. Star batter responds with hundred

Pakistan Champions Cup: Babar Azam raced his way to scoring 104 off 100 balls against the Dolphins on Thursday, September 19 at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

In Short

• Sarfaraz Ahmed had trolled Babar Azam
• Babar Azam hit an unbeaten 104 against Dolphins
• Stallions scored 271 for seven in 50 overs

Sarfaraz Ahmed trolled Babar Azam when Dolphins faced Markhors in Match No.7 of the Pakistan Champions Cup on Thursday, September 19 at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad. After opting to bat first, Shan Masood and Yasir Khan laid the platform with a partnership of 76 runs for the opening wicket off 13 overs.

Babar came to bat at No.3 and took charge of the innings. Sarfaraz, in the meantime, tried to get on to the nerves of the opposition by trolling Babar. From behind the wickets, the former Pakistan skipper kept vocal, encouraging his teammates.

"Jaldi nahi hain, jaldi nahi hain. Bas in logo ko bolo Babar Babar karte rahe. Babar ko 40 over khila denge aur baaki saare out ho jaenge (No hurry, no hurry. Tell them to do Babar Babar. Let Babar play 40 overs and we will get others out)," Sarfaraz was heard saying on the stump mic.

Babar Azam returns to form

Babar, in the meantime, returned to form with a stunning hundred. He got into his 90s with a lofted shot down the ground off Abbas Afridi. In the penultimate ball of the 50th over, Babar racked up his century. Mir Hamza bowled a full toss outside the off-stump and Babar cracked the ball through the point region for a boundary and celebrated his milestone with non-striker Haris Rauf.

Babar finished with 104 runs off 100 balls with the help of seven fours and five sixes. On the back of his knock, the Stallions scored 271 for the loss of seven wickets in 50 overs. After Masood and Yasir departed, Babar did the bulk of the scoring and made sure of keeping the scoreboard ticking.

Babar is second in the list of top run-scorers of the tournament, having notched 225 runs from three innings at an average of 112.50.