Tezzbuzz Desk – South African young batsman luan-dre pretorius Created history with his explosive batting in the tri-series match played against Namibia in Windhoek on Friday (September 4). Pretorius played a stormy innings of 101 runs in just 53 balls and played an important role in helping South Africa win by 11 runs.
Scored a century in 53 balls
Pretorius hit 5 fours and 8 sixes during his innings. His strike rate was 190.57. This was Pretorius's first century in T20 International cricket, but this century also got him a special place in the record books.
Only 20 years and 161 days Pretorius, who scored a century at the age of 19, has become the youngest batsman to score a T20 International century for the full member team.
He from Afghanistan Hazratullah Zazai Broke the record of. Jazai scored a T20 International century against Ireland in 2019 at the age of 20 years and 337 days.
Why is he being compared with Vaibhav Suryavanshi?
After this explosive innings of Pretorius, he was compared to the young batsmen of India. Vaibhav Suryavanshi It has also started happening since. The biggest reason for this is both Rajasthan Royals (RR) To be connected to.
Vaibhav has made many big records in the world of cricket at the age of just 15. He is the youngest cricketer to play international cricket for India. Apart from this, he is also the youngest Indian batsman to score a half-century in T20 International.
Vaibhav has also come very close to a century in international T20 cricket. Against Zimbabwe, he played a stormy innings of 81 runs in just 49 balls, although he could not complete his century.
Now Vaibhav will have big opportunities to showcase his talent in the upcoming Afghanistan T20 series and Asian Games.
South Africa scored 228 runs
In the match, Namibia won the toss and asked South Africa to bat first. South Africa scored a huge score of 228 runs in 20 overs.
Pretorius made a brilliant partnership of 156 runs for the first wicket with Connor Esterhuizen. Esterhuizen also played a brilliant inning of 88 runs.
Namibia also gave a strong reply
The Namibian team, which came out to chase the target of 229 runs, also made the match exciting. Jan Frylink scored 72 and Lauren Steenkamp scored 61 runs. Both of them gave a strong start to the team by making a partnership of 119 runs for the first wicket.
However, due to the big target, Namibia's team could score only 217 runs in 20 overs and South Africa won the match by 11 runs.
The final of the tri-series will be played between South Africa and Zimbabwe on Sunday. Pretorius's excellent form has definitely boosted the confidence of the South African team before the final.