Colin Munro: “He’s been exceptional, even in the [National] T20 Cup beforehand, I think he scored three or four hundreds… He’s worked incredibly hard. I even noticed in the camp that he was batting for a long period of time and he just wants to get better”
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New Zealand opener Colin Munro has been amazed by Pakistan batsman Sahibzada Farhan’s form over the last few months.
Farhan has been a force to be reckoned with in domestic cricket as he was the highest run-scorer in the National T20 Cup with 605 runs in seven matches for Peshawar Region, which included three centuries and two fifties, at a sensational average of 121 and a strike-rate of 189.65.
Following this, the 29-year-old from Charsadda represented Islamabad United in the 2025 Pakistan Super League (PSL) and finished as the top run-scorer with 449 runs in 12 games, which included a hundred and three half-centuries, at an average of 37.41 and a strike-rate of 152.20.
Munro, who also played for Islamabad United in PSL 10, noted that Farhan “was batting for a long period of time” during training and is determined to keep getting better.
“He’s been exceptional, even in the [National] T20 Cup beforehand, I think he scored three or four hundreds… He’s worked incredibly hard. I even noticed in the camp that he was batting for a long period of time and he just wants to get better,” he said in a video posted by Khel Shel on X, formerly known as Twitter.
After the PSL, Farhan played in Pakistan’s three-match T20I series against Bangladesh and amassed 75 runs in two games, which included a career-best knock of 74, at an average of 37.50 and a strike-rate of 166.66.
The men in green won the series 3-0.
Pakistan Squad for Bangladesh T20I Series: Salman Ali Agha (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hassan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wicketkeeper) and Saim Ayub