NZ vs pak: Pakistani cricketer Hasan Nawaz set a second record to wash a record stain – WHO isan Nawaz Pakistani Cricketer who Scoring Consective Ducks and Now Scored Century in 44 Balls NZ VS PAK 3rd T20 TSPOA

Pakistan’s young cricketer Hasan Nawaz is in the news. Nawaz scored a century off just 44 balls in the Auckland T20I match against New Zealand on 21 March (Friday). This was the fastest century of a Pakistani batsman in T20 International. 22 -year -old Nawaz broke Babar Azam’s record, who scored a century in just 49 balls at the Centurion ground against South Africa in 2021.

Unwanted records made first, now created history …

Till this match, Hasan Nawaz was on target of critics. Why not even … because he was out on Duck in two consecutive T20 I matches and he played five balls during this time. Nawaz made his T20 International debut against New Zealand in Christchurch on 16 March. Where he was dismissed by Kiwi fast bowler Jacob Dafi on a score of zero. The Pakistani team was dismissed for just 91 runs in that match and the team lost that match by 9 wickets.

After this, in his second T20 match, Hasan Nawaz again was dismissed by Jacob Dafi, this time also scored without any runs. That is, this was his second consecutive duck in this series. In such a situation, Nawaz had joined the list of players who did not even open an account in his first two T20 I innings. Before Nawaz, only five players set such an unwanted record. It includes the names of Matthew Synclair, who Denley, Emrul Kayes, Kyle Jarvis and Arshad Iqbal.

Batsman to be dismissed on Duck in the initial 2 T20 I innings
Matthew Synclayer (New Zealand): vs Australia 2005, vs Australia 2007
Joe Denley (England): vs Australia 2009, vs South Africa 2009
Imrul Kays (Bangladesh): VS Pakistan 2010, VS Australia 2010
Kyle Jarvis (Zimbabwe): vs Pakistan 2011, vs New Zealand 2011
Arshad Iqbal (Pakistan): VS Bangladesh 2021, vs Hong Kong 2023
Hasan Nawaz (Pakistan): VS New Zealand 2025, VS New Zealand 2025

Now Hasan Nawaz was determined in the third T20 match that he would perform well. Nawaz, who descended to open, adopted an aggressive attitude against Ben Sears, Kyle Jemisson, Ish Sodhi and Michael Bracewell and did not give them a chance to set. If said, Nawaz played a century innings and made a second record to wash a record stain. Nawaz scored an unbeaten 105 off 45 balls, including 10 fours and seven sixes. Nawaz is a right -handed batsman as well as a part -time medium pacer.

In the Auckland T20I match, the Pakistani team had a target of 205 runs to win, which they achieved by losing just one wicket in 16 overs. This was the fastest 200 plus run to a team of T20 International. Despite this victory, the Pakistani team is still 1-2 behind in the five-match T20 series. The fourth match of the five -match T20 series will be played on March 23 at Mount Munganui.

Fastest T20 century for Pakistan
44 balls- Hasan Nawaz vs New Zealand, Auckland, 2025
49 balls- Babar Azam vs South Africa, Centurion, 2021
58 balls- Ahmed Shahzad vs Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2014
58 balls- Babar Azam vs New Zealand, Lahore, 2023

Pakistan’s playing-11 in Auckland T20: Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Hasan Nawaz, Salman Ali Aga (captain), Irrfan Khan, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Abdul Samad, Shaheen Afridi, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf.

New Zealand’s playing-11 in Auckland T20: Tim Safart, Finn Elon, Mark Chapman, Derryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell He (wicketkeeper), Michael Bracewell (Captain), Kyle Jackb, Jacob Dafi, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears.