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The 19-Year-Old Afghan Batsman Created Panic By Scoring A Century in 29 Balls

Sangeeta Viswas
1 year ago

The 19-year-old Afghan batsman created panic by scoring a century in 29 balls. Arif hit a total of 2 fours and 17 sixes in his innings of 118 runs in 35 balls.

Afghanistan’s 19-year-old batsman Arif Sangar has created panic with his stormy batting. Arif scored a blistering century in just 29 balls in a T10 match of the European Cricket Series.

Arif Sangar scored a century in 29 balls:-

Pakhtoon Zalmi in action against Power CC in their ECS Switzerland T10 league match on August 9.

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Arif Sangar played a stormy inning of 118 runs with the help of 17 sixes and 2 fours, playing at a strike rate of 337.14.

During this, Arif created a new history by scoring a century in only 29 balls. During this, Arif collected 29 runs in one over. Arif, playing on a score of 97, completed his century by hitting a six.

The 19-Year-Old Afghan Batsman Created Panic By Scoring A Century in 29 Balls

Playing first with the help of Arif’s strong batting, his team Pakhtun Zalmi scored a mammoth score of 185 runs losing 3 wickets in 10 overs. In response, Power CC’s team got all out for 103 runs.

Arif Sangar played two big innings in a single day:-

Just two hours before Arif hit a century in 29 balls, in another T10 match of the same league, he played a stormy 85 runs in 30 balls with the help of 11 sixes and 2 fours.

With the help of this innings of Arif, and his team Pakhtun Zalmi achieved the target of 161 runs from the Kosonai CC team by losing 4 wickets in 9.3 overs.

With this, Arif has become the highest run-scorer in the ECS Switzerland T10 league. He has so far scored 534 runs in 10 matches with the help of 4 half-centuries and a century.

The 19-Year-Old Afghan Batsman Created Panic By Scoring A Century in 29 Balls

Chris Gayle holds the T20 record for scoring a century in 30 balls:-

The record for scoring the fastest century in T20 cricket is in the name of Chris Gayle, who played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2013 IPL.

Scored a century in just 30 balls against Pune Warriors. Gayle hit 17 sixes and 2 fours in his stormy century innings.

The 19-Year-Old Afghan Batsman Created Panic By Scoring A Century in 29 Balls

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In terms of balls, Arif Sangar may have completed his century in fewer balls than Gayle, but the record for the fastest century in T20 is still in the name of Gayle because Arif has done this feat in T10 cricket.