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 8th 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.