Stats - A rare DNB for Babar Azam

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2 Sahibzada Farhan became the second Pakistan batter to score a hundred at the men's T20 World Cup. Ahmed Shehzad scored 111 not out against Bangladesh in the 2014 edition.

102 runs Pakistan's margin of victory against Namibia is their first by 100-plus runs at the men's T20 World Cup. Their previous biggest was 82 runs against Netherlands in 2009 .

6 Batters to score a hundred for Pakistan in men's T20Is, including Farhan. Babar Azam, with three hundreds, is the only one with multiple tons.

3 Hundreds in this T20 World Cup - Pathum Nissanka against Australia, Yuvraj Samra against New Zealand and now Farhan against Namibia. The 2026 edition is the first to feature three individual centuries.

8 Wickets taken by Pakistan spinners against Namibia, the joint most by them in a men's T20 World Cup match. They also took eight wickets with spin against Netherlands at Lord's in 2009.

199 for 3 Pakistan's total on Wednesday is their second highest at the men's T20 World Cup, behind the 201 for 5 they posted against Bangladesh in 2016.

Namibia's 97 all-out is the first sub-100 total by any team in this World Cup so far.

2 Instances of a Pakistan batter outscoring the opposition in a men's T20I, before Farhan against Namibia. Both in the 2022 Asia Cup game against Hong Kong, where Mohammad Rizwan (78*) and Fakhar Zaman (53) scored fifties, while Hong Kong were bowled out for 38.

2012 The only previous instance of Babar Azam not batting in a full 20-over innings in a T20 match, before Wednesday's game against Namibia - his T20 debut for Lahore Eagles against Hyderabad Hawks, where his team amassed 225 for 2.

Overall, Babar has not batted in only four innings in his 346-match T20 career and only once did he bat outside of the top five - at No. 10 for Lahore Eagles in third T20 appearance in 2012.