Friends, New Zealand has achieved a spectacular victory over South Africa in the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2026 played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in which New Zealand’s great opener Finn Allen played a historic innings which surprised South Africa and took his team to the finals, along with this it also broke a 10-year old record, let us know the complete details.
New Zealand’s bowlers first restricted South Africa’s national cricket team to 169 runs.
In reply, New Zealand’s openers made a strong start, scoring 117 runs in just nine overs.
The opening partnership between Tim Seifert and Allen laid the foundation for a big win.
New Zealand chased the target in just 12.5 overs (77 balls), and completely dominated the game.
Seifert scored a quickfire 58 runs in 33 balls, but Allen’s innings became the highlight of the match.
Allen’s record breaking century
Allen started attacking the bowlers from the very first over.
He completed his half-century in just 19 balls.
In the 13th over, he hit three fours and two sixes in five consecutive balls.
With the last boundary, he completed his century and ensured New Zealand’s victory.
Allen scored an unbeaten 100 runs in just 33 balls, which included 10 fours and 8 sixes. Of his total runs, 88 came from the boundary, which shows how dangerous his innings was.
Fastest century in the history of T20 World Cup
Allen’s century in 33 balls is the fastest century so far in the T20 World Cup.
He broke the 10-year-old record of Chris Gayle, who scored a century in 47 balls against England in 2016.
One of the fastest centuries in T20I cricket
This is the fastest century in T20 International matches between two full-member teams.
The previous record of 35 balls was in the names of Rohit Sharma and David Miller.
Overall, this is one of the fastest T20I centuries along with players like Sikandar Raza.
However, the all-time record still holds the name of Sahil Chauhan, who scored a century in just 27 balls.
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