Fakhar Zaman of Pakistan scored 193 against South Africa at Johannesburg on 04.04.21 only to witness his team losing the game by 17 runs to provide the 18^th occasion of a batsman’s score of 150 plus in losing cause in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RA Smith	167*	1	Eng	Aus	B’ ham	21 May 1993
2	CH Gayle	152*	1	Win	RSA	Jo’burg	04 Feb 2004
3	RT Ponting	164	1	Aus	RSA	Jo’burg	12 Mar 2006
4	ML Hayden	181*	1	Aus	NZl	Hamilton	20 Feb 2007
5	CK Coventry	194*	1	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	16 Aug 2009
6	Tendulkar	175	2	Ind	Aus	Hyd-RGS	05 Nov 2009
7	TM Dilshan	160	2	Srl	Ind	Rajkot	15 Dec 2009
8	TM Dilshan	160*	1	Srl	Ind	Hobart	28 Feb 2012
9	GJ Bailey	156	1	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	30 Oct 2013
10	KJ Coetzer	156	1	Sco	Ban	Nelson	05 Mar 2015
11	RG Sharma	150	2	Ind	RSA	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
12	RG Sharma	171*	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
13	DA Warner	173	2	Aus	RSA	C Town	12 Oct 2016
14	E Lewis	176*	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	27 Sep 2017
15	TP Ura	151	1	PNG	Ire	Harare	06 Mar 2018
16	CH Gayle	162	2	Win	Eng	Greneda	27 Feb 2019
17	Imam-ul-Haq	151	1	Pak	Eng	Bristol	14 May 2019
18	Fakhar Zaman	193	2	Pak	RSA	Jo’burg	04 Apr 2021

CH Gayle, RG Sharma and TM Dilshan are the  three batsmen  who  have  witnessed  their teams losing  the  game  when they scored 150  plus runs  on three occasions.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	152*	1	Win	RSA	Jo’burg	04 Feb 2004
2	CH Gayle	162	2	Win	Eng	Greneda	27 Feb 2019
1	RG Sharma	150	2	Ind	RSA	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
2	RG Sharma	171*	1	Ind	Aus	Perth	12 Jan 2016
1	TM Dilshan	160	2	Srl	Ind	Rajkot	15 Dec 2009
2	TM Dilshan	160*	1	Srl	Ind	Hobart	28 Feb 2012

Fakhar Zaman became the fifth batsman to witness his score of 150 plus in a losing cause. All such batsmen are listed in the following table

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	152*	1	Win	RSA	Jo’burg	04 Feb 2004
2	RT Ponting	164	1	Aus	RSA	Jo’burg	12 Mar 2006
3	RG Sharma	150	2	Ind	RSA	Kanpur	11 Oct 2015
4	DA Warner	173	2	Aus	RSA	C Town	12 Oct 2016
5	Fakhar Zaman	193	2	Pak	RSA	Jo’burg	04 Apr 2021

Fakhar Zaman became the second batsman to witness his score of 150 plus in a losing cause after Imam-ul-Haq. Both batsmen are listed in the following table

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Imam-ul-Haq	151	1	Pak	Eng	Bristol	14 May 2019
2	Fakhar Zaman	193	2	Pak	RSA	Jo’burg	04 Apr 2021

Fakhar Zaman’s 193 is the second best score in a losing cause. Zimbabwe batsman CK Coventry’s 194 not out  against Bangladesh at Bulawayo on 16.08.09  remains the highest score in a losing cause

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	CK Coventry	194*	1	Zim	Ban	Bulawayo	16 Aug 2009
1	Fakhar Zaman	193	2	Pak	RSA	Jo’burg	04 Apr 2021