Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton smashes quickest T20I century

The file was beforehand held by Nepal’s Kushal Malla, who hit one off 34 balls versus Mongolia final yr.

With the assistance of 11 fours and eight sixes, the batter notched up 101 off simply 36 deliveries and reached the hundred on the thirty third supply with a 4.

Loftie-Eaton displayed the heroics within the first T20I of the Nepal Tri-Nation T20I collection towards the hosts.

Led by the 22-year-old’s exploits, Namibia scored 206/4 of their 20 overs. Regardless of, contributions from Rohit Paudel (42 from 24), Malla (32 from 21), Dipendra Singh Airee (48 from 32), and Sompal Kami (26 from 11), the match hosts fell in need of the goal by 20 runs.

Loftie-Eaton, who additionally took two wickets, bagged the award for participant of the match.

Chris Gayle’s 30-ball century in a 2013 Indian Premier League match stays the general file for the quickest T20 ton.