This Zimbabwean player made a world record, scored the fastest century in T20 history, left Rohit Sharma behind

 

 Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza created history on Wednesday by scoring the fastest century in T20I. Raza scored a century in 33 balls against Gambia in the T20 World Cup qualifier game. With this, Raza set a new world record for the fastest T20I century by a player from a full-time member country. 

38-year-old Raza set a new world record for the fastest T20I century by a player from a full-time member country. He scored a century in 33 balls. Rohit Sharma is in second place, who scored a century against Sri Lanka in 35 balls in 2017. Raza played an unbeaten century of 133 runs against Gambia, facing 43 balls with the help of 7 fours and 15 huge sixes. 

Fastest T20I century (Full Time Member)

Sikandar Raza - 33 balls vs Gambia, 2024

Rohit Sharma - 35 balls vs Sri Lanka, 2017

David Miller - 35 balls vs Bangladesh, 2017

Johnson Charles - 39 balls vs South Africa, 2023

Sanju Samson - 40 balls vs Bangladesh, 2024

With the help of Raza's brilliant century, Zimbabwe managed to set the highest score in T20I. Batting first, Zimbabwe put 344 runs on the scoreboard for the loss of 4 wickets. With this, the score of 314 runs made by Nepal against Mongolia in 2023 was broken. 

While chasing the huge target given by Zimbabwe, Gambia collapsed at a score of 54 in 14.4 overs and lost the match by a huge margin of 290. Richard Ngarava and Brandon Mavuta took the maximum 3-3 wickets from Zimbabwe's side. Wesley Madhevere took 2 wickets. Ryan Burl was successful in taking one wicket.