Sohan hits record ton as BD beat Hong Kong

Agency :

A day earlier, India’s Vaibhav Suryavanshi lit up the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament with a 32-ball century. Just 24 hours later, Bangladesh’s Habibur Rahman Sohan produced history of his own. The opener smashed the fastest T20I century by a Bangladeshi player.

Chasing Hong Kong’s 168 in Doha, Sohan reached three figures off just 35 balls, blasting 10 sixes and 8 fours. Bangladesh ‘A’ cruised to victory by 8 wickets. In the Group ‘A’ clash in Doha, Qatar, the Sirajganj-born batter unleashed a whirlwind innings.

After racing to a 14-ball fifty, it seemed he might even surpass Suryavanshi’s record set the previous night. At one stage, Sohan was on 88 off 24 balls.

Though the scoring pace slowed slightly, he needed just 11 more deliveries to add 12 runs and register the first T20 century of his career.

The innings also cements Sohan’s place as Bangladesh’s fastest century-maker across formats. He already held the fastest List A hundred by a Bangladeshi-an explosive 49-ball ton that eclipsed Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s famous 50-ball effort.