Image Source : YOUTUBE Mohammed Azharrudden scored a 54-ball 137 on the Wankhede Stadium.
Opener Mohammed Azharuddeen cracked the second-fastest T20 century — 100 off 37 balls — to assist Kerala maul host Mumbai by eight wickets in an Elite E match of the T20 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Wednesday. Although Azharuddeen missed by a mere 5 balls the file of Rishabh Pant, his effort was the joint-third-fastest century by an Indian.
Chasing Mumbai’s 196 for seven wickets in 20 overs, Kerala made 201 for the lack of simply two wickets in simply 15.5 overs and picked up 4 factors on the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Thanks to Azharuddeen’s 54-ball 137 not out, Kerala posted their highest whole of the match whereas chasing a goal.
Azharuddeen, 26, who grew to become the primary Kerala participant to attain a century within the match, scored the runs at a tremendous strike price of 253.70, due to 9 boundaries and 11 sixes, as he and visitor participant Robin Uthappa (33 off 23 balls) added 129 run for the opening wicket. After that partnership, it was easy crusing for Kerala.
West Indies’s Chris Gayle holds the file of the quickest T20 century, which he scored off solely 30 balls throughout his smashing 175 not out off 66 balls for the Royal Challengers Bangalore towards the Pune Warriors India within the 2013 IPL.
Pant scored his hundred off 32 balls for Delhi towards Himachal Pradesh in Delhi in 2018. Rohit Sharma’s 35-ball century towards Sri Lanka in a T20 International is the second quickest amongst Indians. Azharuddeen’s 37-ball ton equalled Yusuf Pathan’s century for Rajasthan Royals towards the Mumbai Indians within the 2010 IPL.
Brief scores:
Elite D (in Indore):
Services: 160/7 in 20 overs (Ravi Chauhan 67, Rahul Singh 37, Lakshay Garg 2/25) misplaced to Goa: 163/5 in 19.4 overs (Aditya Kaushik 78, Amit Verma 42, Mohit Kumar 3/32) by 5 wickets with 2 balls remaining
Saurashtra: 233/7 in 20 overs (Avi Barot 93, Prerak Mankad 59, Arpit Vasavada 39, Darshan Nalkande 4/32, Yash Thakur 2/47) beat Vidarbha: 154 all out in 17.2 overs (Jitesh Sharma 43, Siddhesh Wath 21, Akshay Karnewar 21, Chetan Sakariya 5/11, Prerak Mankad 4/48) by 79 runs
Rajasthan: 148 all out in 19.2 overs (Mahipal Lomror 51, Ankit Lamba 32, Avesh Khan 4/22, Kuldeep Sen 3/21) beat Mashya Pradesh: 138/8 in 20 overs (Parth Sahani 74, Venkatesh Iyer 27, Rahul Chahar 5/14) by 10 runs
Elite E (in Mumbai):
Mumbai 196/7 in 20 overs (Aditya Tare 42, Yashasvi Jaiswal 40; KM Asif 3/25) misplaced to Kerala 201/2 in 15.5 overs (Mohammed Azharuddeen 137 not out, Robin Uthappa 33; Shams Mulani 1/41) by eight wickets with 25 balls remaining
Puducherry 148/4 in 20 overs (Sheldon Jackson 82, Paras Dogra 32; Arun Chaprana 2/19) misplaced to Haryana 149/4 in 19 overs (Himanshu Rana 58, Shivam Chauhan 45; Pankaj Singh 2/31) by six wickets with six balls remaining
Andhra 124/9 in 20 overs (Ashwin Hebbar 32, KV Sasikanth 21; Ishant Sharma 2/17) misplaced to Delhi 128/4 in 17 overs (Anuj Rawat 33, Himmat Singh 32 not out; Harishankar Reddy 2/40) by six wickets with 18 balls remaining
Plate (in Chennai):
Arunachal Pradesh: 145/7 in 20 overs (Techi Doria 36, Rahul Dalal 31, Akhilesh Sahani 31) misplaced to Nagaland: 149/1 in 15.5 overs (Shrikant Mundhe 69, Chetan Bist 50) by 9 wickets with 25 balls remaining
Sikkim 110/8 in 20 overs (Varun Sood 28, Nilesh Lamichaney 24; Ashutosh 4/18) misplaced to Bihar 111/2 in 19.1 overs (Mangal Mahrour 55, Shasheem Rathour 38; Rajiv Daree 1/22) by eight wickets with 5 balls remaining
Chandigarh 178/5 in 20 overs (Shivam Bhambri 56, Manan Vohra 39; Bishworjit Konthoujam 2/33) beat Manipur 68/8 in 20 overs (Kishan Thokchom 22, L Kishan Singha 20 not out; Gurinder Singh 3/10) by 110 runs.
Meghalaya 230/6 in 20 overs (Punit Bisht 146 not out, Yogesh Tiwari 53; Lalnunkima Varte 2/45) beat Mizoram 100/9 in 20 overs (KB Pawan 33, Pratik Desai 27; Aditya Singhania 4/15) by 130 runs.
(With inputs from IANS).
