Peshawar Zalmi's opening pair of Saim Ayub and Babar Azam stroked a partnership of 136 for the first wicket in the ongoing 12th game of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season nine against Lahore Qalandars.
After being put into bat first by Lahore's skipper Shaheen Afridi, the duo completely dominated. After reaching yet another 100-run stand, Babar and Saim have now four-century partnerships in PSL, the joint highest in the tournament's history.
Babar and Saim have played 14 innings together, the lowest among other holders of this record. Second on the list in Mohammad Rizwan and Rilee Rossouw who did it 16 innings.
Meanwhile, Rizwan and Shan Masood have this many in 28 innings.
Most century partnerships in PSL:
4 – Babar Azam and Saim Ayub (14 innings)
4 – Mohammad Rizwan and Rilee Rossouw (16 innings)
4 – Mohammad Rizwan and Shan Masood (28 innings)
It must be noted that Peshawar and Lahore are placed fifth and sixth before the start of this game.
Lahore Qalandars made two changes, Mohammad Imran and Carlos Brathwaite come in place of George Linde and Haris Rauf while Peshawar Zalmi are unchanged.
Peshawar Zalmi: Saim Ayub, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Haris (wk), Haseebullah Khan, Rovman Powell, Paul Walter, Asif Ali, Luke Wood, Naveen-ul-Haq, Arif Yaqoob, Salman Irshad.
Lahore Qalandars: Fakhar Zaman, Sahibzada Farhan, Rassie van der Dussen, Shai Hope (wk), Sikandar Raza, Ahsan Bhatti, Carlos Brathwaite, Jahandad Khan, Shaheen Afridi (c), Mohammad Imran, Zaman Khan
