Jordan Cox and Munro are at the crease. Jordan Cox is on strike. Saim Ayub will open the attack
Jordan Cox pushed up the order today to open the innings.
Saim Ayub (translated from Urdu): Did get confidence from the previous game. It's the start of the tournament, I want to carry the momentum. Want to congratulate Babar, that's what we expect from him. He's a superstar. We keep learning from him. He leads from the front. We keep talking about conditions and situations. He guides me in the middle.
STAT: With this 100, Babar Azam has 11 hundreds in 274 T20 games. He sits 2nd on the list. At the top is Gayle who has 22. Babar has opened a gap behind him as the next-best is 8 with Warner and Kohli standing there.
20:45 Local Time, 15:45 GMT, 21:15 IST: Standing ovation for Babar Azam.
19.6
Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, 2 runs, to deep square leg
19.5
Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, FOUR, to third man
19.4
Faheem Ashraf to Asif Ali, 1 run, full and straight on the stumps, drilled to long-off and it's just one
19.3
Faheem Ashraf to Asif Ali, FOUR, slower short ball on the stumps, Asif Ali waits and pulls to the deep backward square leg fence, beats the fielder
19.2
Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, 1 run, to deep mid-wicket
19.1
Faheem Ashraf to Babar Azam, FOUR, low full-toss on the stumps, flicked wide of long-on and Cox despite his best effort can't palm it back inside the playing area
Faheem Ashraf [1.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
18.6
Tymal Mills to Asif Ali, 2 runs, to mid-wicket
18.6
Tymal Mills to Asif Ali, wide, the slower ball is way too slow and way too wide outside off
18.5
Tymal Mills to Asif Ali, 2 runs, length ball outside off, Asif Ali slashes and clears extra-cover, sweeper cover is there so it's just two
18.4
Tymal Mills to Asif Ali, FOUR, to deep backward point
18.3
Tymal Mills to Babar Azam, 1 run, Babar Azam!
18.2
Tymal Mills to Babar Azam, no run, fullish and angling away from Babar Azam outside off, he pushes and misses, was trying to run it down
Nice moment at the end of the last over, as Hunain was collecting his gear from the ump, Babar Azam just patted him on the back. Shadab too did the same.
18.1
Tymal Mills to Babar Azam, FOUR, on to 99. A low full-toss across Babar Azam outside off, he drives through backward point and there's no-one at deep backward point
Peshawar Zalmi
Islamabad United
