Meet the cricketer who scored first T20I century for India, it’s not Dhoni, Kohli, Rohit, Rahul, Suryakumar or Shubman
Very few batters have managed to hit a century in T20 cricket at worldwide stage as T20I is a extremely aggressive format and gamers typically get out making an attempt to attain runs rapidly. A complete of eight Indian batters have succeeded in scoring centuries in T20 cricket, together with a girl batter Harmanpreet Kaur.
Former India middle-order batter Suresh Raina was the first batsman to attain a T20I century for Team India. Suresh Raina achieved the feat in 2010 in a match towards South Africa. Suresh Raina hit 101 runs in 60 balls with 9 fours and 5 sixes.
Opener Rohit Sharma has scored most centuries in T20I by any participant. The swashbuckling opener has scored 4 T20I centuries. His first century got here on October 2, 2015, towards South Africa. Rohit Sharma hit his second century on December 22, 2017, towards Sri Lanka.
The third T20I century was scored by Rohit Sharma on July 8, 2018, towards England and he succeeded in hitting the fourth T20I century on November 6, 2018.
KL Rahul has scored two centuries in T20I. Rahul’s first T20I century got here towards West Indies in 2016, whereas he scored his second T20I ton towards England in 2018.
The different Indian batters to attain century in T20I are Virat Kohli, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill and Harmanpreet Kaur.
Young India opener Shubman Gill is newest to affix the membership after he scored his maiden T20I century towards New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium on February 1, 2023.
