Hundreds galore at Rawalpindi

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The first day of the National T20 Cup’s shift to Rawalpindi saw two centuries in the same game between Southern Punjab and Sindh. Khurram Manzoor, first, thwacked the Southern Punjab bowlers all around the park racing to hundred off 53 balls and later in the night, Khushdil Shah returned the favor with more zeal and a hundred of just 35 balls. He became the fastest Pakistani to score a hundred in the format.

It is no shock that two hundreds were scored in a single game at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium as the stadium has already seen 11 Twenty20 hundreds in its history – most on any ground in Pakistan. In fact, only four grounds around the world have seen more hundreds hit than the batting heaven at Rawalpindi.

Most hundreds at a single ground in T20s
Ground	Number of hundreds scored
County Ground, Chelmsford	17
Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka	15
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	15
County Ground, Taunton	13
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	11
Kennington Oval, London	11
County Ground, Brighton	11
National Stadium, Karachi	9

 

It is also the second time at Rawalpindi that two hundreds have been scored in a single game. In a National T20 Cup match between Karachi Blues and FATA, Mukhtar Ahmed and Khurram Manzoor both scored a hundred.

A century is hit after nearly 11 matches at Rawalpindi. There is only one ground in Asia where centuries are hit as often as at Rawalpindi; the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore (a century every 8^th match).

Matches per hundred at a ground in T20s
Ground	Matches/100
County Ground, Chelmsford	6.29
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	7.93
County Ground, Taunton	9.54
County Ground, Brighton	10
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	11.18
Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad	12
The Rose Bowl, Southampton	13.5

 

*all stats are updated until Oct 9, 2020 23:30 PKT.