Watch: Babar Azam carves trademark cover drive in flying start, smashes five fours in ten balls in LPL 2023

Watch: Babar Azam unleashed a trademark drive through the covers, on his way to a boundary-filled 24-ball 41 for Colombo Strikers in their Lanka Premier League 2023 match against Dambulla Aura at Pallekele.

Chasing 193, Babar opened the innings with skipper Niroshan Dickwella and got the Strikers off to a flying start. He hit seven boundaries in all, and finished with a strike rate of 170.83.

In the third over, he unfurled a picture perfect cover drive, crunching a Pramod Madushan delivery past the infield in delectable fashion. It only got better: against his Pakistan teammate Hassan Ali, he hit three fours in four balls. The Strikers raced to 61-1 in the powerplay.