Nepal Captain leaves Kohli, Steve Smith behind, creates world record with maiden T20I century

Vartha Bharati | 29-09-2019 | 12:01:00 IST

New Delhi: Nepal captain Paras Khadka creates World Record; beats Virat Kohli, Steve Smith to historic first with his maiden T20I ton.

Paras Khadka and historic firsts go hand in hand. The Nepal captain and easily the best batsman the country has produced, holds pretty much all the batting records for Nepal and on Saturday he added another feather to his cap. This time, his achievement was not limited to Nepal and in fact was a world record. Khadka created history in a T20I against Singapore. He not only became Nepal’s first centurion in T20Is but also became the first captain ever to score a ton while chasing in a T20I.

Khadka reached his hundred off 49 balls becoming the fourth fastest T20I centurion by an Asian captain . He ended up with an unbeaten 106 off 52 balls as Nepal chased down the 152-run target with 9 wickets in hand and 4 overs to spare against Singapore.

Khadka’s historic innings was laced with seven fours and nine sixes.

Khadka, who is also the first cricketer from Nepal to score an ODI ton, appears twice in the top 10 now. He had scored an unbeaten 86 against Malaysia last month.

India’s Virat Kohli is 8th on the list with his 82-run innings while chasing against Sri Lanka in 2017.

courtesy: hindustantimes.com

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