Urvil Patel bettered Rishabh Pant’s document for the quickest T20 hundred by an Indian.© X (Twitter)
Gujarat wicketkeeper-batter Urvil Patel slammed the quickest T20 century by an Indian throughout his staff’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match in opposition to Tripura on Wednesday, reaching the three-figure mark in simply 28 balls. This comes precisely a 12 months after he smashed the second-fastest hundred by an Indian in Record-A cricket. The 26-year-old Urvil bettered Rishabh Pant’s document for the quickest T20 hundred by an Indian. The India wicket-keeper had blazed away to a 32-ball century in opposition to Himachal Pradesh within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in 2018.
Urvil’s ton is the second-fastest in T20 cricket, solely behind Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan, whose hundred in opposition to Cyprus got here in 27 balls.
Opening the innings, Urvil struck seven fours and 12 sixes on his technique to an unbeaten 113 off a mere 35 balls, as Gujarat accomplished a chase of 156 in 10.2 overs.
Earlier within the week, Urvil had gone unsold within the Indian Premier League participant public sale.
Precisely on today final 12 months, after being launched by Gujarat Titans, Urvil scored an unbeaten 41-ball 100 for Gujarat of their Vijay Hazare Trophy match in opposition to Arunachal Pradesh in Chandigarh.
Urvil’s century was the second-fastest by an Indian batter in Record A cricket.
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