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Babar Azam's birthday rewind revisits his Rawalpindi century

Sports TV's short tribute brings back the single, the helmet raise and the embrace that ended a long wait for a hundred.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 118,718 views a day, 89 times a normal first day on this channel (1,338).

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Sports TV has chosen a milestone innings rather than a birthday montage for Babar Azam: his century against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi in 2025. The archive Short drew nearly 89,000 views in its opening 14 hours, far beyond the channel's usual start for that format.

The sequence moves from boundary drives to the quieter shot that gets him there. Facing Pramod Madushan just short of his hundred, Babar tucks the ball into the outfield and completes the run. The commentary supplies the context: "Here we go. Big moment. Long wait."

Then the batting gives way to the celebration. Babar removes his helmet as the crowd and Pakistan dugout applaud, kneels in a prostration of gratitude and embraces Mohammad Rizwan. The commentators describe a wait of two and a half years for another ODI century, giving the birthday selection a more specific meaning than a collection of elegant shots.

This is a replay, not a fresh innings, a distinction several commenters also point out. Sports TV explicitly presents it as a birthday rewind.

Elsewhere on the channel, longer cricket uploads are also starting well above their usual level. They include Hindi highlights of South Africa Champions' victory over India Champions and West Indies Champions' win against Bangladesh Champions, alongside the Pakistan-Sri Lanka under-17 match broadcast.

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The facts

Channel: Sports TV
Subscribers: 2,430,000 ▲ 50,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 42,256,599
Channel views, pace per day: 388,317 (on a normal day: 5,366,842)
Video published: October 15, 2026
Video views so far: 88,784 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 118,718

The numbers

The birthday tribute stands out against Sports TV's usual Shorts opening. Several longer highlights packages and the youth match broadcast also had unusually strong starts for their respective formats.

the video's first day

usual first day here

1,338

this video

118,718

subscribers

2,430,000

▲ 50,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,054,039,367

views per day

388,317