T20I Tri-series: Sahibzada Farhan makes records with 80* versus SL
What's the story
Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan ended up with a score of an unbeaten 80 against Sri Lanka in Match 3 of the T20I Tri-series. The match in Rawalpindi saw Pakistan win the contest by 7 wickets. Farhan helped his side chase down Sri Lanka's score of 128/7. He faced 45 balls, slamming six fours and 5 sixes. He struck at 177.78. Here's more.
Knock
Sri Lanka fail to stop a fluent Farhan
Pakistan openers Farhan and Saim Ayub added 47 runs for the opening wicket. After Ayub departed for 20, Babar Azam joined Farhan and the two added 69 runs with the latter dominating the scenes. Pakistan lost Babar (16) and skipper Salman Agha (0) in quick succession. However, it was too late for Sri Lanka, who had no answers to Farhan's blazing effort.
Stats
6th T20I fifty from Farhan's blade
In 32 T20Is, Farhan has raced to 762 runs at 24.58. This was his 6th T20I fifty. In 2 matches against Sri Lanka, he owns 104 runs. Overall in T20s, he has bagged 4,260 runs from 141 matches at 34.08. This was his 27th T20 fifty (100s: 6). He is closing in on 200 sixes (194).
Feats
Farhan attains these T20I feats against Sri Lanka for Pakistan
As per Cricbuzz, Farhan's unbeaten 80 is now the highest individual score for Pakistan against Sri Lanka in T20Is. The previous highest score was 57 runs by Shoaib Malik at Johannesburg in the 2007 T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, the 5 sixes hit by Farhan are also the most by a Pakistani against Sri Lanka.
2025
Farhan surpasses 100 T20 sixes in 2025
Farhan owns the most T20 runs in 2025. He has amassed 1,730 runs at 44.35 (100s: 4, 50s: 11), as per ESPNcricinfo. Notably, he became the 3rd batter with 100-plus sixes in T20s this year (102). Only Karanbir Singh (122) and Nicholas Pooran (103) have smoked more sixes than him in 2025.
Do you know?
First Pakistani batter to hit 100 T20 sixes (calendar year)
As per Cricbuzz, Farhan is now the first Pakistani batter and overall 12th in the format's history to hit 100-plus sixes in a calendar year in T20s.
Information
Joint-most 50-plus scores in T20s this year
Farhan has joined Karanbir and Pooran in terms of hitting the joint-most T20 fifty-plus scores in 2025 (15). As mentioned, Farhan owns 11 fifties and 4 tons this year.