Rawalpindi: Khushdil Shah got the honor of scoring the fastest century by Pakistan.
In the second phase of the ongoing National T20 Cup in Rawalpindi, Sindh and Southern Punjab had a tough match. In the last over, Southern Punjab not only defeated Sindh but also achieved the second biggest goal in the history of National T20 also received the honor.
Fastest T20 hundreds by a ?? batsman ?
Khushdil Shah ➡️ 35 balls (2020)
Ahmed Shehzad ➡️ 40 balls (2012)Khushdil’s knock for Southern Punjab on Friday in the #NationalT20Cup included eight fours and nine sixes ? pic.twitter.com/V6PaOGr417
— ICC (@ICC) October 10, 2020
Southern Punjab batsman Khushdal Shah played a key role in his team’s victory by scoring a century. The young batsman scored a century off 35 balls which included 9 sixes and 8 fours. In this way, he became the Pakistani to score a fastest century in T20.
Earlier, the award went to national team opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad, who scored a century off 40 balls in 2012.
In T20 cricket, Khushdal Shah became the fifth fastest batsman to score a century in the world, followed by West Indies’ Chris Gayle (30), Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rashab Punt (32), Wuhan Lube (33) and Australia’s Andrew Symonds has scored a century off 34 balls while South Africa’s David Miller and India’s Rohit Sharma have scored 35 and 35 balls respectively.