He reached his century in 33 balls when playing against Nepal, breaking
Kushal Malla's record by one ball.
In men's cricket, Namibia's Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton has smashed the record for
the fastest T20I century. In the first game of the tri-nation series in Nepal,
he reached the milestone.
He beat Nepal's Kushal Malla's record by one ball as he reached his century in
33 balls while playing against the home team. Loftie-Eaton scored 101 off 36
balls in total, including eight sixes and eleven fours. In T20Is, he scored the
most runs (92 in boundaries) of any batter.
Malla's achievement occurred in the 2023 Asian Games in
Hangzhou, when Nepal defeated Mongolia 314 to 3. In the identical encounter,
Dipendra Singh Airee achieved the fastest T20I fifty, scoring it in just nine
balls. Coincidentally, Malla was watching from the field as Loftie-Eaton
smashed the record off Airee's bowling.
Loftie-Eaton came out to bat in the 11th over with Namibia at 62 for 3, having
elected to bat. In the first six balls he faced, he struck two sixes and a four
to get things started. In 18 balls, he reached his fifty.
He contributed 135 off 52 balls for the fourth wicket with
Malan Kruger, helping Namibia reach 206 for 4. At 59 off 48 balls, Kruger, who
had opened the innings, was still undefeated.
Later, Nepal was bowled out for 186 in the 19th over, and Loftie-Eaton took 2
for 29 from his three overs.
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