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Tezzbuzz|11-11-2024
KKR : These days a T20 series is being played between England and West Indies. In which, in the first T20 match, England defeated West Indies by 8 wickets. An England player proved to be a hero in this match. He scored a strong century and single-handedly led the British to victory. He was given the Player of the Match award for his brilliant innings. West Indies gave England a target of 183 runs to win, which England easily achieved.
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Phil Salt, by scoring a stormy century on Saturday night, has made KKR realize that they may have made a big mistake by releasing him. The wicketkeeper batsman scored more than 55 percent of the runs for England against West Indies and thanks to the century of Phil Salt, who returned unbeaten after making the team win, England defeated West Indies by 8 wickets with 19 balls remaining in the first T20 match.
He scored 103 runs in 54 balls, which included 9 fours and 6 sixes. He scored the third century of his T20 International career. The important thing is that he has scored all these three centuries against West Indies. Phil Salt has become the first player to score three centuries against the same team in T20I. No one had been able to do this before him. Before Phil Salt, Serbia's Leslie Dunbar, UAE's Mohammad Wasim, West Indies' Evin Lewis and Australia's Glenn Maxwell had scored two centuries each against a team in T20Is.
Phil Salt has completed his thousand runs in T20 International cricket after scoring a century against West Indies. He completed these runs in 32 innings and became the second fastest batsman for England to complete 1000 runs in T20I. He has equaled Kevin Pietersen. Pietersen also completed 1000 runs in T20I in 32 innings.
Phil Salt made his T20 International debut for England in the year 2022. Since then he has scored 1047 runs in 34 matches, which includes three centuries and three half-centuries. Apart from this, he has also played in 27 ODI matches, in which he has scored 866 runs with his bat.
Phil Salt- 3 centuries, against West Indies
Leslie Dunbar- 2 centuries, against Bulgaria
Evin Lewis- 2 centuries, against India
Glenn Maxwell- 2 centuries, against India
Muhammad Wasim- 2 centuries, against Ireland