On Saturday, Prabhsimran Singh, a 22-year-old cricketer, smashed his maiden IPL century off 61 balls in opposition to the Delhi Capitals. Despite his teammates’ struggles on the Kotla, Singh dominated the bowlers, hitting 10 fours and 6 sixes en path to his hundred. He scored 27 runs off his first 31 balls after which accelerated to attain 76 runs off his subsequent 34 deliveries, ending with 103 off 65 balls. Singh’s century was a one-man rescue act and proved essential for his workforce on this event.
Here are the data that Prabhsimran Singh broke along with his century –
The prevalence of 4 totally different Indian gamers scoring centuries in a single IPL season has solely occurred twice. The first time was in 2019 when Sanju Samson, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, and Ajinkya Rahane completed the feat.
Venkatesh Iyer 104
Yashasvi Jaiswal 124
Suryakumar Yadav 103*
Prabhsimran Singh 103
Most 100s in IPL
15 – RCB
14 – PBKS*
14 – RR
10 – DC
100s by Uncapped gamers in IPL
Shaun Marsh (2008)
Manish Pandey (2009)
Paul Valthaty (2011)
Devdutt Padikkal (2021)
Rajat Patidhar (2022)
Yashasvi Jaiswal (2023)
Prabhsimran Singh (2023)*
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During the powerplay, Singh noticed three wickets fall down the opposite finish and dropped anchor with Sam Curran to construct a partnership. He was 53 from 44 balls at that time. After laying the muse, he accelerated, hitting eight boundaries (together with two sixes) between overs 14-18 earlier than getting out after scoring a 65-ball 103. On a sluggish floor the place none of his teammates made greater than 20, Prabhsimran single-handedly dragged his facet from 43-5 to a combating complete of 167.
Singh made his IPL debut on the age of 18 years and 240 days. At an extremely early age, Singh grew to become one of the crucial astonishing tales within the 2018 auctions when Kings XI Punjab shelled out Rs 4.8 crore to have him onboard. Despite the worth tag, the wicketkeeper-batsman claims he feels no strain. He stated, “My entire focus is to play and do well for Kings XI so that I can go ahead and represent India at the senior level. So I am unfazed with all the glitz and glamour and remain focused on my goal.”
Singh hails from a cricketing household, along with his brother Anmolpreet Singh additionally being a cricketer. He is a superb admirer of former Indian opener Virender Sehwag and performs an aggressive model of cricket similar to him. In 2018, Singh’s choice snub for the U19 workforce galvanized him to blast a outstanding 298 off simply 301 balls in opposition to Amritsar within the semi-final of the Punjab U23 inter-district cricket event, which prompted him to be talked about in cricketing circles.
