Sikandar Raza Fastest T20I Century: Zimbabwe's star batsman Sikandar Raza destroyed the record books of T20 International with his stormy batting. Alexander scored a century in just 33 balls in the match played against Gambia. During his explosive innings, Raza hit fours and sixes. Sikandar faced just 43 balls and played an unbeaten inning of 133 runs. Raza hit more sixes than fours. The Zimbabwean batsman hit 7 fours and 15 massive sixes during the explosive innings. With his brilliant innings, Raza has also shattered Rohit Sharma's record of scoring the fastest century in T-20 International.
Raza created chaos with the bat
Brian Bennett and Tadivanashe Marumani gave a good start to the Zimbabwean team who came to bat first against Gambia. Bennett played a brilliant inning of 50 runs facing just 26 balls. At the same time, Marumani played a quick inning of 62 runs in 19 balls. After 7 overs, Zimbabwe had 115 runs on the score board and the team had lost 2 wickets.
Fastest hundred in T20Is by a full-member batter 🚨
33 balls – Sikandar Raza vs Gambia (2024)*
35 balls – David Miller vs BAN (2017)
35 balls – Rohit Sharma vs SL (2017)
39 balls – Johnson Charles vs SA (2023)
40 balls – Sanju Samson vs BAN (2024) pic.twitter.com/uodBKf3cQH— Ipl cricket news (@Gk1679521Kumar) October 23, 2024
After this Sikandar Raza came to the crease. Raza created havoc with the bat as soon as he stepped on the field. In 43 balls, Alexander created such a blast that Gambia's bowling attack became a joke. Raza played an unbeaten inning of 133 runs playing at a strike rate of 309. The Zimbabwean batsman hit 7 fours and 15 sixes during his innings.
Rohit's record shattered
Sikandar Raza has left Rohit Sharma and David Miller behind in terms of scoring the fastest century in T-20 International. Rohit-Miller hold the record of scoring a century in 35 balls in the shortest format of cricket, which Raza has now shattered. Raza completed his century in just 33 balls. Raza has also become the batsman to score the fastest century among the ICC full member countries. Raza completed his fifty in 20 balls. However, after the completion of the half-century, the Zimbabwean batsman assumed his formidable form and scored 50 runs in the next 13 balls, completing his first century in T-20 International.
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