Namibia's Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton becomes fastest T20I centurion

New Delhi:  Namibia’s batter Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton has created history by smashing the fastest T20I century in the ongoing Nepal T20 tri-series. The batter surpassed Nepal’s Kushal Malla’s previous record of 34 balls ton against Mongolia in the Asian Games 2023.

His innings came while playing against Nepal and Malla was there on the field, witnessing his record being surpassed.

Eaton smashed 101 runs off 36 balls in the T20I against Nepal his innings included 11 fours and eight sixes. The left-handed batter played his knock with a strike rate of 280.56, helping Namibia reach 206/4 in 20 overs.