Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan celebrates his fifty runs during the T20 World Cup cricket match between Namibia and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Sahibzada Farhan made history on Wednesday by becoming only the second Pakistani batsman to score a century in the T20 World Cup. The right-handed batsman achieved this in Pakistan’s last innings with a single through mid-wicket off a delivery from Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus.He did it in 57 balls at a strike rate of 175.43 and gave his team a must-win performance for Pakistan to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup.Farhan became only the second player from Pakistan to score a century in the tournament after Ahmed Shehzad’s ton against Bangladesh in 2014 in Mirpur. In all, Farhan hit 11 boundaries and four sixes and added 67 runs with skipper Salman Agha (38 off 23 balls) and 81 runs with Shadab Khan (36 off 22 balls) as Pakistan scored an impressive 199 for three against Namibia.Shadab ended Pakistan’s innings with a couple of sixes against Erasmus in the last match. Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against Namibia in their T20 World Cup group match at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on Wednesday.Pakistan made two changes to the side that lost to India on Sunday.The team dropped colorful pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and leg spinner Abrar Ahmed. Salman Mirza and Khawaja Nafay were brought in to replace the duo.
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