Who is Hasan Nawaz? Pakan batter who broke Babar Azam’s record for fastest PAK T20I century

Pakan’s Hasan Nawaz turned around his horrific start to his T20I career scoring a blitzkrieg 45-ball 105 to help Pakan chase a record total of 205 in just 16 overs during the third T20I against New Zealand at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday. However, New Zealand still leads the five-match T20I series 2-1 after winning the first two games comfortably.
Earlier, the 22-year-old had failed to open his account in the first two appearances in this format. He regered two back-to-back no-score figures — a two-ball duck in the first T20I and a three-ball duck in the second T20I — before hitting the fastest ton for Pakan in the shortest format.
Nawaz reached the landmark in 44 deliveries and hit 10 fours and seven sixes on his way to an unbeaten 105 as Pakan won nine wickets. Nawaz broke Babar Azam’s record of the fastest T20I century a Pakani. Babar scored a 49-ball hundred against South Africa in 2021.
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Pakan also broke South Africa’s record for the fastest 200-plus chase in T20Is. During the opening game of the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007, South Africa chased down 206 in 17.4 overs against West Indies.

In a must-win game against New Zealand in Auckland on Friday, the combined batting effort of Pakan batters led them to the win. Batting first, Kiwis put on 204 on the board before opener Mohammad Haris and Nawaz added 74 runs for Pakan in 5.5 overs.
After Haris’ dismissal, skipper Salman Ali Agha joined Nawaz and stitched 133 runs in 61 balls as Pakan finished the game with 24 balls to spare.
Who is Hasan Nawaz?
Born in Layyah drict in Southern Punjab in 2002, Nawaz is known for his hard-hitting in Pakan. Story continues below this ad
Nawaz was the second-highest run-getter in the Kashmir Premier League in 2022. Playing for Mirpur Royals, which won the league eventually, the right-hander scored 241 in six innings averaging over 40.
He played for Islamabad United in the Pakan Super League (PSL) 8 before Quetta Gladiators roped him for PSL 10.
After a poor outing in the T20 World Cup 2024 and Champions Trophy 2025, PCB sent a revamped squad for the New Zealand T20I series where both Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan were dropped from the shortest format.  
In 24 T20 under his belt, Nawaz has scored 597 averaging nearly 25 while his strike rate lies over 140. He has two fifties and a hundred to his name. Nawaz hit 28 sixes and 63 fours in this format.