LAHORE: Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam fell short of Fakhar Zaman’s all-time record for most runs in a single Pakistan Super League (PSL) season after being dug out in the final against Hyderabad Kingsmen at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.
The right-handed batsman entered the high-stakes final needing one run to surpass Zaman’s landmark tally. However, he failed to add to his score and was dismissed without troubling the scorers, missing out on a historic milestone.
Earlier, during the tournament in 2022, the left-arm batsman set the record for the Qalanders when he scored 588 runs in 13 innings at a strike rate of 152.72, including seven fifties and a century.
Babur, meanwhile, scored runs in 11 innings at an excellent average of 73.50 and a strike rate of 145.90. His season included two centuries and three half-centuries.
Most runs in a PSL season:
- Babar Assam (Peshawar Zalmi) – 588 runs in 2026
- Faqar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars) – 588 runs in 2022
- Babar Assam (Peshawar Zalmi) – 569 runs in 2024
- Babar Azam (Karachi Kings) – 554 runs in 2021
- Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) – 550 runs in 2023
- Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) – 546 runs in 2022
- Gusal Mendis (Peshawar Zalmi) – 541* runs in 2026
- Babar Assam (Peshawar Zalmi) – 522 runs in 2023
- Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans) – 500 runs in 2021
Also, the 31-year-old equaled two major feats during the current edition of the tournament by scoring a blistering century against Islamabad United in the qualifiers.
Babar Azam top scored 103 off 59 balls with 12 fours and 4 sixes.
His 57-ball century in the tournament was his second in the current edition, making him only the second player in marquee league history to register two centuries in the same season, joining Usman Khan who achieved the feat in PSL 9 for Multan Sultans.