Delhi’s wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant was abruptly sacked from captaincy a week ago, and on Sunday (14th January), he gave another example of his rare talent by blasting a record 32- ball hundred in a North Zone match against Himachal Pradesh in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.
Pant pummelled the opposition attack with the fastest century by an Indian to🍎 fire ♔his team to a 10-wicket win. Pant remained unbeaten on 116 off 38 balls. His breathtaking knock composed of 12 sixes and eight fours as Delhi raced to the 145-run target in just 11.4 overs.
Gautam Gambhir was left a mere spectator at the other end with 30 off 33 balls. His brutal innings was also the second fastest hund🍬red in T20s, only behind Chris Gayl🐎e, who hammered 100 off 30 balls against Pune Warriors India during the Indian Premier League in 2013.
The southpaw also surpassed Rohit Sharma, who hit a 35 ball hundred against Sri Lanka in T20 International at Indore last month. In 2016, Pant had smashed India’s fastest first-class hundred off 48 balls.
Pant’s performance against Himachal left a handful of spectators at the Ferozshah Kotla awestruck, including Yuvraj Singh, who witnessed a special knock by another left-hander before taking the field for Punjab.
✨Just witnesse🤪d some outstanding hitting by scintillating ton
— Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12)
Former India Test opener Aakash Ch❀opra also appreciated Pant for his brilliance.
Pant smashes the fastest T20 Hundred by an Indian….second fastest ever. Cometh the format, cometh the man 😊🙌
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
Here’s how other Twitter users reacted to Rishabh Pant’s scintillating knock:
Rishabh Pant has smashed a 100 off 32 balls for Delhi in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy – the 2nd fastest century in T20 history.
Only Chris Gayle’s 30-ball century for RCB v PWI i✤n IPL 201༒3 is faster.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
What an inning young man
116* off just 38 Balls
12 Sixes,8 Fours— Shubham Borade-Patil (@Shubh1mm)
What a sensational knock! by our against , Fastest century by an Indian in T20 history aꦕnd second 2️⃣ fastest in the world, 116 of 38 balls, Congr♛ats to the young lad!
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals)
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Massive wi▨n by against scoring record #305 high🐎est chase at led by for his massive 180 and also kudos to for his ton!
— Hemant Dua हेमंत दुआ (@inspiranti)
Fastest Centuries in TWENTY20 Cricket:
30 balls – Chris Gayle v PWI, 2013
32 balls – RISHABH PANT v Himachal, Today
34 balls – Andrew Symonds v Middlesex, 2004
35 balls – LP van der Westhuizen v Kenya, 2011
35 balls – David Miller v BAN, 2017
35 balls – Rohit Sharma v SL, 2017— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
at𝓰 his hammering best. Scores 116 not out off just 38 balls. Delhi hunts down 148 to beat Hima🍬chal by 10 wickets.
— G. S. Vivek (@GSV1980)
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