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The ICC T20 World Cup, which decides the World T20 cricket champion for the 8th time in its history, will be held in Australia from October 16 to November 13. In general, the ambition of batsmen is to score a century in every match they play in cricket and bring victory to their country. However, it will be difficult for the batsmen to score a century as expected in most of the matches as the world class bowlers will challenge it. Especially in T20 cricket with only 20 overs, it is very difficult to score a century.
Because only in this type of cricket even 1 run will decide the victory, be it 30 or 50 runs, batsmen will play with the idea of scoring runs first and scoring a century as the second idea. With so many challenges waiting for you in a regular T20 tournament, scoring a century in the World Cup is the biggest challenge. In this way, let’s look at the batsmen who have been anchored and active for a long time in the World Cup matches and have beaten the challenges and scored centuries:
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1. Chris Gayle: In the first match of the T20 World Cup in Johannesburg in 2007, he beat South Africa on his own soil, hitting 7 fours and 10 mega sixes to score 117 runs (57) at an intimidating strike rate of 205.26.
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????Chris Gayle (117) scored the first T20 International century#OnThisDay pic.twitter.com/fxkPHzV9Ab— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) September 11, 2019
Through it, he also created the record of being the first batsman to score a century not only in the World Cup but also in the entire international T20 cricket. However, South Africa easily chased down the target of 207 runs set by West Indies with Gibbs 90* and Kemp 46*.
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2. Suresh Raina: In the last T20 World Cup held in West Indies in 2010, he whitewashed South Africa at the Cross Island ground and scored 101 runs (60) with 9 fours and 5 sixes to help India score 186/5.
On this day in 2010, Suresh Raina became the first Indian player to smash a T20I hundred ????
He scored a spectacular 60-ball 101 in the 2010 @T20WorldCup against South Africa. pic.twitter.com/xpxhcxXWMt
— ICC (@ICC) May 2, 2021
In the end, India won by 14 runs and won the man of the match award, making history by becoming the first Indian to score a century in T20 cricket and the World Cup.
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3. Mahila Jayawardene: In the 2010 T20 World Cup, he scored 100 runs (64) with 10 fours and 4 sixes in the opening match against the Zimbabwean bowlers at the Providence ground. Sri Lanka amassed 173/7 thanks to his action and then won by 14 runs.
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???? Seven sixes#OnThisDay in 2012, New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum smashed the highest ever individual score in ICC Men’s #T20WorldCupagainst Bangladesh ????Relive the fiery knock ???? pic.twitter.com/ITV0WZcE73
— ICC (@ICC) September 21, 2020
4. Brendon McCullum: A typically ruthless batsman, he tore apart the Bangladeshi bowlers in the 2012 World Cup in Sri Lanka at Pallekele, scoring 123 runs (58) with 11 fours and 7 sixes at an intimidating strike rate of 212.06.
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New Zealand then scored 191/3 and won by 43 runs. McCullum, who won the man of the match award on the day, also became the highest scorer in a T20 World Cup.
55. Ales Hales: In the 2014 World Cup in Chittagong, Sri Lanka’s chase of 190 runs threatened, he smashed 116* (64) with 11 fours and 6 sixes to win by 6 wickets.
6. Ahmed Sesad: In the 2014 T20 World Cup against Bangladesh at home in Mirpur, he hit 111* (62) with 10 fours and 5 sixes to help Pakistan post 190/5 and win by 40 runs.
Chris Gayle 100 in 2016 T20 wc vs England#ChrisGayle #gayle #chrisgayleplay #crictron #cricket #cricketnews pic.twitter.com/e2AoDRbv7b
— crictron (@crictron) September 15, 2021
7. Chris Gayle: In the World Cup held in India in 2016, he stormed England’s chase of 183 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, scoring 100* (48) with 5 fours and 11 sixes to help them win easily by 6 wickets. Moreover, he scored a century in 47 balls, becoming the fastest batsman to score a century in the history of T20 World Cup and the only player to score 2 centuries.
8. Tamim Iqbal: He scored 103* (63) runs with 10 fours and 5 sixes in the 2016 World Cup in Dharamsala against Kathucutty Oman. Bangladesh then scored 180/2 and won by 54 runs.
101* from 67. Jos Buttler. ????pic.twitter.com/OOoTa0PjOx https://t.co/XGtggYnvrs
— Tom Carnduff (@TomC_22) November 1, 2021
9. Jos Buttler: He beat Sri Lanka in Sharjah in the last 2021 World Cup and scored 101* (67) runs with 6 fours and 6 sixes. So England scored 163/4 and then won easily by 26 runs.
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