RAWALPINDI: South African Rilee Rossouw and Hassan Nawaz’s efforts marked the first innings in the PSL history to contain two centuries. In all men’s T20 cricket, this is the 10th time the milestone has been achieved.
The pair also made T20 history. This is the first time in men’s T20 cricket that two centuries have been scored in the same innings by non-openers. Rossouw batted at No.3, and Nawaz at No.4 in this innings.
Left-hander Rossouw came in with Quetta at 24-1 in the third over and hit 14 fours and six sixes, reaching his century in 44 deliveries. Rossouw and 22-year-old right-hander Nawaz put on 134 in 61 balls.
Rossouw scored 104 off 46 balls before Nawaz hit the final ball of the innings for four to reach his hundred in 45 deliveries and power Quetta to 263-3 – the highest score in a PSL match.
This has been done once in women’s T20 cricket; in 2019, Bangladesh’s Nigar Sultana (113* from No.3) and Fargana Hoque (110* from No.4) did so against Maldives.
The closest anyone had come to this unique feat in the men’s game before Rossouw and Nawaz was in June 2017. In the Cricket Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy, Leinster Lightning’s Simi Singh scored 109 from No.3, but No.4 Max Sorensen remained not out on 98 against Munster Reds.
