In the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024, Punjab’s Anmolpreet Singh has created a record on 21 December by becoming third-fastest List A century hitter in just 35 balls, reported ESPN Cricinfo.
With this feat, he is now behind Jake Fraser-McGurk (off 29 balls) and AB de Villiers (31).
Anmolpreet achieved this feat while batting at number 3 against Arunachal Pradesh in a Vijay Hazare Trophy game in Ahmedabad. He walked in after skipper Abhishek Sharma lost his wicket in the second over. In his innings of 115 runs off 45 deliveries, Anmolpreet smashed 13 fours and nine sixes.
Anmolpreet’s blitz led Punjab overhauling Arunachal Pradesh’s 164 in just 12.5 overs for a nine-wicket win. Anmolpreet was supported by Punjab’s opener Prabhsimran Singh wo remained unbeaten and scored 35 off 25 deliveries.
However, Anmolpreet Singh unsold in the latest IPL auction despite playing for Mumbai Indians (MI) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the past season.
Previous records:
Earlier, South African legendary batter AB De Villiers had broken the record for the quickest List A century when he scored 149 off 44 balls for South Africa against West Indies in Johannesburg in January 2015. De Villiers broke the List A and ODI record of 36 balls, by Corey Anderson of New Zealand against West Indies in 2014.
His List A record stood till Fraser-McGurk took just 29 balls to score a century for South Australia against Tasmania in the Marsh Cup in October 2023.
Punjab vs Arunachal Pradesh: Scorecard
Playing the ninth of the 45th match of Vijay Hazare Trophy, Punjab won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Batting first, Arunachal Pradesh could score only 164 runs and lost all their wickets in 48.4 overs. For AP, Techi Neri (42), Hardik Himashu Varma (38) and Prince Yadav (23) could contribute few runs. While, Punjab’s Ashwani Kumar and Mayank Markande took three wickets each. Baltej also piked up two wickets, while Sanvir Singh and Raghu Sharma clinched one wicket each.
In reply, Anmolpreet Singh (115) and Prabhsimran Singh (35) took Punkab to win by nine wickets against Arunachal Pradesh. Only Yab Niya could clinch one wicket for Arunachal Pradesh.
