Johnson Charles broke the document of Chris Gayle when he slammed the quickest T20I hundred by a West Indies batter in mens T20Is throughout the second match of the collection towards South Africa on the SuperSport Park, on Sunday (March 26).
Charles blasted the South Africa assault throughout the park on the best way to his hundred, which he reached in simply 39 balls. This was a maiden T20I hundred for Charles, who received 106 runs off boundaries in his ferocious knock. He was ultimately cleaned up at 118 by a Marco Jansen yorker.
The 34-year-old Charles` hundred is the second joint-fastest within the format and the quickest by a West Indian in T20Is, going previous the 47-ball hundred by Gayle coming towards England within the 2016 Men`s T20 World Cup on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
The document for quickest T20I hundred is shared by South Africa`s David Miller, India captain Rohit Sharma and Czech Republic’s Sudesh Wickramasekara.
Overall, the 46-ball carnage from his bat helped West Indies to succeed in 258/5 in 20 overs, its highest complete within the format. The rating surpassed the previous-best rating of 245/6 which got here towards India at Lauderhill, USA, in 2016.
Kyle Mayers was the second highest scorer for the aspect with 51 runs off 27 balls. West Indies are at present main the three-game T20I collection towards South Africa by 1-0.
After West Indies scored 258 within the first innings, South Africa’s Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks took management of the second innings. Both scored quick-fire fifties to get their crew off to nice begin within the historic chase. In the tip, Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen received the Proteas over the road. (With IANS inputs)
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