Fastest T20I Century Sri Lanka The last match of the three-match T20I series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was played on January 2. In this match, the Sri Lankan team defeated New Zealand by 7 runs, while winning the three-match series 2-1. This was the first time since 2006 that the Sri Lankan team won a T20I match in New Zealand. The hero of Sri Lanka's victory in the third T20I match was Kusal Perera, who scored a brilliant century with the bat.
Kusal made many records by scoring a century on New Year. Kusal made the record of scoring the first international century in 2025. Let's know about all the records of Kusal.
In the third T20 match against New Zealand, Kusal Perera of the Sri Lankan team created history. He has become the first batsman from Sri Lanka to score the fastest century in T20 International cricket. In this case, he surpassed former opener Tillakaratne Dilshan. 48-year-old Dilshan scored a century in 55 balls against Australia in 2011. At the same time, Perera achieved a special feat by completing a century in just 44 balls in the third T20 match against New Zealand.
Kusal's innings included 13 fours and 4 sixes. During this, his strike rate was 219.57. The special thing was that this was Kusal Perera's first century in T20 International cricket. At the same time, Kusal Perera became the first Sri Lankan batsman to score more than 2000 runs in T20 International.
| # | Match | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | 77 | 76 | 2056 | 101 | 28.16 | 134.12 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 199 | 65 |
New Zealand won the toss in the third T20I match and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the Sri Lankan team scored 218 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, Kusal Perera played an innings of 101 runs with the help of 13 fours and 4 sixes in 46 balls.
Apart from him, captain Aslanka scored 46 runs. In response, New Zealand's team was all out after scoring 211 runs. Rachin Ravindra's bat performed well for the Kiwi team, who played an innings of 69 runs, but this innings did not help the team.
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