{"id":101347,"date":"2026-02-18T16:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=101347"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:06:34","slug":"farhans-century-powers-pakistan-to-200-run-target-vs-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/farhans-century-powers-pakistan-to-200-run-target-vs-namibia\/","title":{"rendered":"Farhan\u2019s century powers Pakistan to 200-run target vs Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COLOMBO: Pakistan has set 200 runs target against Namibia in the crucial match of the ICC T20 World Cup thanks to Sahibzada Farhan&#8217;s brilliant century.<\/p>\n<p>He scored his century off 57 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 10 fours. Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub opened the innings for Pakistan, but Saim Ayub was dismissed for 14 runs on 40 runs.<\/p>\n<p>National team captain Salman Ali Agha also lost his wicket after scoring 38 runs off 23 balls, while Khawaja Nafi scored 5 runs.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Sahibzada Farhan scored his first century in the T20 World Cup while batting brilliantly. He scored his century off 57 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 10 fours.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against Namibia in the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/icc-t20-world-cup-anthem-unveiled-ahead-of-2026-tournament\/\">ICC T20 World Cup<\/a>\u00a0in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473dfed elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"473dfed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Pakistan has made two key changes for the match: Salman Mirza and Khawaja Nafat are in the batting line-up, while Shaheen Shah Afridi and Abrar Ahmed will remain out.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s match is a crucial match in the group stage between Pakistan and Namibia, which will decide who will reach the Super 8 stage.<\/p>\n<p>If Pakistan wins this match, it will secure a place in the Super 8. Even if the match is canceled due to rain, the national team will reach the next stage with 1 point. However, if Namibia wins, Pakistan will have to exit the first round of an ICC event for the third time in a row.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLOMBO: Pakistan has set 200 runs target against Namibia in the crucial match of the ICC T20 World Cup thanks to Sahibzada Farhan&#8217;s brilliant century. He scored his century off 57 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 10 fours. Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub opened the innings for Pakistan, but Saim Ayub was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":101348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3372,35917],"class_list":["post-101347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-namibia","tag-farhan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101349,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101347\/revisions\/101349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}