Seeing that slowest century of T20, the fans sitting in the stadium started feeling sleepy, even today there is a stigma on the batsman’s career.

New Delhi: T20 format is also called the game of instant cricket. Two innings of 20-20 overs and the match is over. In this format, there is a tremendous competition between the ball and the bat. The batsman is trying to hit fours or sixes on every ball. This is the reason why this format has become superhit among the fans. In this fast-paced format, some record is made and broken in every match. Especially the fastest fifty, fastest century and biggest score, but there is also a record in this format which may never be broken.

Actually, this is the record of scoring the slowest century in T20 format. On one hand, in this T20 game, batsmen try to complete their century in 30 to 40 balls, but Ireland’s Paul Stirling took 70 balls to complete his century in a match and this is the slowest century so far in T20 International. In the match against Zimbabwe, Sterling played 75 balls in which he scored 115 runs. In this he hit 8 sixes and as many fours. This record of Sterling made in the year 2021 still stands today.

178 runs for 2 wickets were scored in the innings in Ireland.

Due to Stirling’s slow century, the Irish team could only score 178 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Apart from Sterling, Andy Balbirnie played an inning of 31 runs in 24 balls. At the same time, Shane Getkate had contributed 19 runs, while Kevin O’Brien had scored 9 runs. In bowling, Luke Jongwe and Ryan Burl took 1-1 wicket for Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe team, which came to chase the target of 179 runs, made a disappointing start. The team lost wickets at frequent intervals. Apart from captain Craig Irwin, no other batsman for the team could find his foot on the crease. Irwin had played an inning of 33 runs in 18 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Ryan Burl scored 26 runs in 24 balls. Apart from these two, no other batsman could play a big innings, due to which the entire Zimbabwe team was reduced to 138 runs in 18.2 overs, due to which Ireland won the match by 40 runs. In bowling, Mark Adir took maximum 3 wickets for Ireland. Apart from this, Josh Little, Shane Getkate and Ben White also took 2 wickets each.