Fastest T20 century in international cricket: Fastest century in T20 international full list

Fastest T20 century in international cricket: The rookie Indian batter has brought up a maiden T20I century.

During the second T20I of the ongoing India’s tour of Ireland in Dublin, India batter Deepak Hooda has played a blinder of an innings to bring up a maiden century in international cricket.

Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the third over, Hooda hit Ireland pacer Mark Adair for a six in the same over. Hooda, who had hooked Adair on this particular occasion, stepped out to hit Craig Young for a six down the ground.

Appearing to be in his element on the back of several boundaries in the powerplay, Hooda soon outscored non-striker Sanju Samson (77) to continue to hit boundaries at The Village today.

Although a difficult chance, Ireland batter Paul Stirling dropping Hooda at cover perhaps provided more confidence to the 27-year old player. Hooda, who hit a couple of sixes off Ireland spinner Andy McBrine in the 10th over, ran a single to complete a 27-ball half-century in the same over.

Hooda kick-started the second part of the innings by hitting consecutive boundaries off pacer Josh Little. In the following over, Hooda hit Conor Olphert for two fours and a six to provide no respite to the Irish bowlers.

After slowing down a bit, it was on the first delivery of the 18th over when Hooda ran a single off Little to reach to his maiden T20I century. Focal point in propelling India to 225/7 in 20 overs, Hooda ended up scoring 104 (57) with the help of nine fours and six sixes.

Fastest T20 century in international cricket full list (table updated on March 26, 2023)

Hooda, who completed a 55-ball T20I century, is nowhere near the batters with fastest T20I centuries. As far as Indian batters are concerned, Hooda has scored the fourth-fastest century in this format today. Furthermore, readers must note that Hooda has become the fourth Indian batter (after Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul) to score a T20I hundred.

Balls	Batter	Team	Opposition	Ground	Year
35	David Miller	South Africa	Bangladesh	Potchefstroom	2017
35	Rohit Sharma	India	Sri Lanka	Indore	2017
35	Sudesh Wickramasekara	Czech Republic	Turkey	Ilfov County	2019
39	Sivakumar Periyalwar	Romania	Turkey	Ilfov County	2019
39	Zeeshan Kukikhel	Hungary	Austria	Lower Austria	2022
39	Johnson Charles	West Indies	South Africa	Centurion	2023

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