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New Zealand cricket team’s opening batsman Finn Allen created history in the first semi-final match against South Africa cricket team. He scored unbeaten 100 runs facing just 33 balls. This was the fastest century in the history of T20 World Cup. On the basis of his brilliant innings, New Zealand achieved the target of 170 runs in just 12.5 overs. Allen has left Chris Gayle behind. Let’s take a look at his statistics.
Batsman who scored the fastest century in T20 World Cup
Earlier this record was in the name of Gayle. He scored a century against England in the 2016 World Cup facing 47 balls. Harry Brook and Gayle are jointly in second place. Both have scored centuries in 50 balls. Allen hit 10 fours and 8 sixes in the match. His strike rate was 303.03. This player along with Tim Seifert made a partnership of 117 runs for the first wicket.
First century in the knockout matches of T-20 World Cup
Allen has become the first batsman to score a century in the knockout matches of the T20 World Cup. Before him, the highest score was made by former veteran player of Sri Lankan cricket team Tillakaratne Dilshan. He played an unbeaten inning of 96 runs in the semi-final match of 2009. Former Indian legend Virat Kohli is at third place in this list. He scored an unbeaten 89 runs against the West Indies cricket team in the 2016 semi-final match.
Allen scored his fourth century while chasing runs
Allen scored his fourth century while chasing runs in the T-20 World Cup. Before him, Brook, Pathum Nissanka, Chris Gayle and Alex Hales have achieved this feat. Brook (vs Pakistan) and Nissanka (vs Australia) have achieved this feat in this edition. Gayle scored a century in the 2016 World Cup. Hales scored a century while chasing against Sri Lanka in the 2014 World Cup.
Allen also made this record in his name
Allen has also become the batsman to score the fastest century in Test playing countries. He has broken the records of David Miller and Rohit Sharma. Miller scored a century in 35 balls against Bangladesh in 2017. Rohit had scored a century in the same number of balls in 2017. Allen has also become the first batsman to score a century on the Eden Garden ground in T-20 international cricket. He has broken the record of Sanju Samson (97).
This has been Allen’s T20 international career
Allen played his first T20 International match in the year 2021. He has played 61 matches so far and has managed to score 1,654 runs in 60 innings at an average of 29.01 and strike rate of 171.04. He has scored 3 centuries and 7 half-centuries with his bat. His best score has been 137 runs. In the T-20 World Cup, this player has scored 419 runs in 16 innings of 17 matches at an average of 29.92.
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