2024-02-29 07:13:52
David Miller, Rohit Sharma and Czech Republic’s Sudesh Wickramasekera were named in the list of fastest centuries in T20 cricket. But Nepal’s Kushal Malla broke that record at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in September 2023. Against Mongolia, he scored a century off just 34 balls to surpass Miller-Rohit. But within 5 months his record was also broken and that too at their home ground.
The tri-nation T20 series between Nepal-Netherlands-Namibia has started from Tuesday (February 27). Nepal-Namibia faced each other in the first match of the series at Kirtipur. Namibian all-rounder Jan Nicol Lofty Yaton set the record for the fastest century in international T20 cricket by scoring a century off just 33 balls in this match. In the end, he got out with 101 runs off 36 balls with 11 fours and 8 sixes. 92 runs came from the boundary he hit. which is a new record.
Namibia lost their third wicket for 62 runs in 10.4 overs. Then Yaton entered the field. Played 1 ball in that over and scored 1 run. He started attacking from the next over. Gulsan scored 17 runs in Jha’s over with two sixes and a four. Hit a boundary in the next over. A six in the next over. In the fifteenth over, Dipendra Singh scored 15 runs off Airey’s over with two fours and a six. In that 17 balls, 4 fours and 4 sixes, his run became 46!
In the 16th over made by Sompal, he scored 4 runs and fifty in just 18 balls. In that over, he reached 60 runs with 14 runs in just 21 balls. Karan scored 15 runs in the 17th over with two fours and a six. He scored 75 off 25 balls. Two fours and a six in the 18th over by Boharar reached 90 runs off 30 balls with 15 more runs. And he hit a six in the first ball of the 19th over and a four in the third ball to set a new record of century in just 33 balls. At this time he hit 11 fours and 8 sixes.
In the end, he scored 101 runs in 36 balls when Avinash Bohra was caught by Gulsan Jha and his storm stopped. Namibia scored 206 runs after losing 4 wickets due to Yaton’s rampage. But their run was 60 in 10 overs! They scored 146 runs in the next 10 overs.
In reply, Nepal were all out for 186 runs in 18.5 overs. Namibia won by 20 runs. Yatton was definitely man of the match.