Jason Roy's record century overshadows Babar Azam's maiden PSL ton

England batsman Jason Roy blasted the highest score in Pakistan Super League history as his unbeaten 145 from just 63 balls helped Quetta Gladiators chase down 241 against Peshawar Zalmi with 10 balls to spare and eight wickets in hand.

Records were broken left and right on Wednesday in Rawalpindi as Babar Azam first brought up his maiden PSL century, propelling Peshawar to what seemed like a match-winning score of 240-2, with up-and-coming batsman Saim Ayub chipping in with a brisk 74 from 34 balls.

Pakistan captain Azam hit 115 from 65 balls, with the help of 15 fours and three sixes, and received good support from Rovman Powell (35 off 18).

However, their joy was short-lived. Roy, 32, smashed 20 fours and five sixes on his way to the three-figure score, playing a key role in the fourth biggest successful chase in all T20s and the second highest in domestic T20s.

His efforts came two days after the end of England's victorious ODI series in Bangladesh, during which Roy played all three games and scored 132 in the second match.

Roy went on the attack from the first ball and made full use of the shortened boundary ropes as he bettered the previous highest PSL score of 127, set by Colin Ingram in 2019.

Roy, oh ROY! Celebrate all you want @TeamQuetta