Who’s Hasan Nawaz? Teen Who Broke Babar Azams Report For Quickest T20I Century For Pakistan

Driving on opener Hasan Nawaz’s record-breaking maiden century, Pakistan registered a 9-wicket victory within the third recreation towards New Zealand on Friday to remain alive within the ongoing five-match T20I sequence.

After scoring a duck in every of the 2 opening video games of the sequence, Nawaz made a shocking comeback with a superb 105 not out in Auckland because the vacationers raced to 207-1  in simply 16 overs in response to New Zealand’s 204.

Nawaz scored his century off 44 balls, which is the quickest by any Pakistan participant in a T20 worldwide. The 23-year-old broke Babar Azam’s file of the quickest T20I century by a Pakistani batter. Former Pakistan skipper Babar scored a 49-ball hundred towards South Africa in 2021.

The younger attacking batter smashed 10 fours and 7 sixes throughout his century knock. However, fellow opener Mohammad Haris scored 41 off 20 whereas captain Salman Agha was unbeaten on 51 off 31.

New Zealand, who gained the primary two video games comfortably in Christchurch and Dunedin, lead the five-match T20I sequence 2-1.

Who’s Hasan Nawaz?

Hasan Nawaz, identified for his hard-hitting skill, has been thought to be the following massive factor in Pakistan.

Nawaz, who was born in Layyah district in Southern Punjab in 2002,  took on the likes of Mir Hamza, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Amir and Zaman Khan within the Kashmir Premier League in 2022 and confirmed his expertise.

He ended the 2022 season of the Kashmir Premier League because the second-highest scorer. Taking part in for Mirpur Royals, which gained the league ultimately, Nawaz scored 241 in six innings averaging over 40.

Hasan performed for Islamabad United within the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 8 earlier than Quetta Gladiators picked him for PSL 10. General, he has performed 24 T20s and scored 597 runs with a median of 25.95 and strike fee of 140.47.

Hasan Nawaz Opens Up On Report-Breaking Century

Pakistan batter Hasan Nawaz opened up on his record-breaking century towards New Zealand. The younger opener stated he was ‘disheartened’ after falling for consecutive geese in his first two innings however skipper Salman Ali Agha and Shadab Khan supported him.

“The best way I bought out in first two matches, I used to be very disheartened, however captain and Shadab supported me, informed me I’m a match-winning participant and that helped me,” Nawaz stated within the post-match presentation ceremony.

“I simply had in my thoughts that I would like to attain a single first in worldwide cricket after which after that I felt relaxed and the strain was launched. I had a lot backing and I’m so grateful to my captain,” he added.