Here we will talk about those Indian players who are the youngest players to score a T20 International century. Yashasvi Jaiswal recently scored a century against Nepal in the men's competition of the Asian Games 2023. There are some other Indian young players who have achieved this special feat. So let's take a look at this special list of Indian cricketers.
Abhishek Sharma made his mark by scoring a brilliant century against Zimbabwe in Harare on 7 July 2024. At the age of 23 years and 307 days, Abhishek scored a century at a strike rate of 212, a stormy innings that stunned the audience. Abhishek made a brilliant comeback. He scored his half-century in 33 balls. Abhishek scored 100 runs in 46 balls, but his fast century played an important role in India's huge score of 234/2. The special thing was that this was the third fastest century in terms of balls and the fastest century in terms of innings.
Suresh Raina played a memorable innings against South Africa in the 2010 T20 World Cup in the West Indies at the age of 23 years and 156 days. Raina completed his century by hitting a six off the third ball of the final over, but was dismissed off the next ball. He played a brilliant innings of 101 runs off 60 balls, which included nine fours and five sixes.
Shubman Gill scored a brilliant century against New Zealand in Ahmedabad. At the age of 23 years and 146 days, Gill not only scored his first T20 century, but also completed his century in just 54 balls in the 18th over. He hit 10 fours and five sixes and remained unbeaten after scoring 126 runs in 63 balls. Thanks to his innings, India scored a huge score of 234 runs for 4 wickets. In response, the New Zealand team collapsed for just 66 runs
Yashasvi Jaiswal has become the youngest Indian to score a T20 century at the Asian Games scheduled to be held in Hangzhou in October 2023. He is 21 years and 279 days old. Facing Nepal, Jaiswal demolished their bowling attack to reach his half-century off just 22 balls. Jaiswal's innings included eight fours and seven towering sixes as he reached his century off just 49 balls. His aggressive batting laid the foundation for India's mammoth score of 202/4. Despite the valiant effort, Nepal could only manage 179 for 9, helping India win by 23 runs and seal a place in the semi-finals.
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