{"id":8521,"date":"2023-09-27T21:34:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/history-made-09-ball-half-century-in-a-t20i-game\/"},"modified":"2023-09-27T21:34:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T21:34:05","slug":"history-made-09-ball-half-century-in-a-t20i-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/history-made-09-ball-half-century-in-a-t20i-game\/","title":{"rendered":"History made: 09-ball half century in a T20I game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the opening game of the men\u2019s cricket event at the Asia Games 2023, Nepal\u2019s middle-order batsman smashed a nine-ball fifty against Mongolia, breaking India\u2019s left-handed batsman Yuvraj Singh\u2019s record.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nepal\u2019s middle-order batsman \u2013 Dipendra Singh Airee \u2013 smashed a nine-ball half-century during an encounter with the Mongolian cricket team\u00a0at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.<\/p>\n

He played an unbeaten 52-run innings in just 10 deliveries, brining his fifty in a mere nine balls, surpassed previous record holder Yuvraj Singh \u2013 the former Indian all rounder \u2013 who knocked his fifty in 12 balls during a T20 World Cup 2007 match against England.<\/p>\n

Dipendra Sindh\u2019s began his innings with five repeated sixes to race off to 30 runs in just five deliveries, he proceeded to smash three more consecutive sixes after a double and established a new record.<\/p>\n

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Nepal became the first men\u2019s team in history to score more than 300 runs in T20 international cricket on Wednesday as they rewrote the record books against part-timers Mongolia at the Asian Games.<\/p>\n

After winning the toss and opting to bat, they bludgeoned 314-3 in their 20 overs in Hangzhou, beating the previous highest of 278-3 by Afghanistan against Ireland in 2019.<\/p>\n

Teenager Kushal Malla, batting number three, spearheaded the onslaught by crashing the fastest T20 international century, off 34 balls.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old\u2019s whirlwind innings eclipsed the previous quickest held jointly by South African David Miller, India\u2019s Rohit Sharma and the Czech Republic\u2019s Sudesh Wickramasekara, who all took 35 balls.<\/p>\n

Left-hander Malla, who made his Nepal debut when he was just 15, went on to finish on 137 not out off just 50 balls. It was his maiden T20 international century and he smacked 12 sixes and eight fours.<\/p>\n

Nepal\u2019s batsmen were rampant on a sunny morning at the Zhejiang University for Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field, captain Rohit Paudel creaming 61 off 27 balls with six sixes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n