Watch: Fakhar Zaman brings up 50-ball century for Lahore Qalandars during PSL 2026

Lahore Qalandars came into the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026 clash against the Quetta Gladiators at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, being in sixth position in the points table. They needed to win all of their last three encounters to have a chance of qualifying for the playoffs of the competition.

Fakhar Zaman, who missed a few games for the franchise, had enjoyed a decent event with 179 runs in five innings. But his team needed something extraordinary, and he thumped a fine century to keep them ahead in the contest against the Saud Shakeel-led side. 

Fakhar Zaman celebrates 50-ball century in PSL 2026

Zaman didn’t make a strong start with the ball being on two off seven balls before he nailed Khalil Ahmed for three boundaries in one over to get the momentum in their favor before taking on Brett Hampton with two sixes and two boundaries on four consecutive deliveries.

The left-handed batter waited for the slow ball against Hasan Nawaz and slashed it past the backward point region for a boundary before celebrating his half-century off just 26 balls as he cut the wide delivery to the left of the point fielder, who failed to get low on the ball.

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The southpaw reached out for the ball against Usman Tariq and lifted the pitched-up delivery over the long-off region for a massive six before loading himself against Alzarri Joseph on the back foot to pull it over the fielder for another huge over boundary.

On the final delivery of the 15th over, Zaman smoked Abrar Ahmed down the ground with a six to celebrate his century off just 50 balls. He was finally dismissed for 103 runs in 51 balls with the help of 11 boundaries and six sixes at a strike rate of 201.96.

Lahore Qalandars struggle apart from Zaman’s century

Apart from Zaman’s century, none of the Lahore batters were able to contribute with the bat. They smashed 197 runs for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 20 overs. Charith Asalanka struggled for his 31 runs in 24 balls with three boundaries and one six.

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Apart from the opener’s 103, the rest of the batting line-up could manage only 80 runs, besides the 14 extras, in 69 balls. Tariq was decent for figures of 1/31 in four overs.

Brief Scores (at the time of writing): QG 88/2 (Shamyl Hossain 53, Sikandar Raza 1/16) vs LQ 197/6 (Fakhar Zaman 103, Khalil Ahmed 2/38) 

Fans celebrate Fakhar’s century off 51 balls in PSL 2026

Here is how the fans have reacted to the southpaw’s century in PSL 2026 for Lahore-