Liam Livingstone T20 hundred: Liam Livingstone scores fasest T20I Century for England breaking record of Dawid Malan, T20 century in 42 balls, Pakistan will no longer forget this innings of Liam Livingstone

Pakistan defeated England by 31 runs in the first match of the first T20 International series played at Trent Bridge (Nottingham). Pakistan also scored the biggest score (232 runs) in their T20 history in this match and with the win also took a 1-0 lead in the series, but all this was not easy for them. Despite making such a big score, Pakistan’s team was forced to be rubbed by a batsman till the last moments. This batsman was Liam Livingstone, who made a new record for the fastest international T20 century for England.

In this match, after winning the toss, England had called Pakistan to bat first. The Pakistani batsmen landed on the pitch and their batsmen executed many brilliant innings one after the other. Babar Azam (85 runs), Mohammad Rizwan (63 runs), Fakhar Zaman (26 runs in 8 balls) and Mohammad Hafeez (24 runs in 10 balls). On their own, Pakistan scored 232 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. This proved to be the biggest score in his T20 history.

Liam Livingstone gave a befitting reply

After such a big score, the Pakistani team came out to defend the target with increased morale. He also dropped 4 wickets for England within 82 runs. It seemed that by now the English team would lose badly. But 27-year-old all-rounder Liam Livingstone took to the pitch in a different mood. This player first scored England’s fastest fifty in 17 balls. He did not stop here, after that the pace of his innings increased and he reached his century in the next 26 balls.

David Malan breaks record

Liam Livingstone scored an international T20 century in just 42 balls, which is the fastest century in the history of England in this format. Livingstone broke the record of teammate and world No.1 T20 batsman David Malan in this case. Malan scored a T20 century in 48 balls against New Zealand in Napier in 2019. Now that record has been broken by Livingstone. Although Malan had made that record on foreign land and Livingstone has done it in his home.

Players to score the fastest T20 International century

1. David Miller (D.Africa), Rohit Sharma (India), S Vikramasekara (Czech Republic) – Centuries in 35 balls
2. S Perialvar (Romania) – century in 39 balls
3. HG Munsay (Sc), Shaharyar Bhat (Belgium) – century in 41 balls
4. Hazratullah Zazai (Afg), Liam Livingstone (England) – Centuries in 42 balls
5. JP Kotje (Namibia) – century in 43 balls

Liam Livingstone is a part of Rajasthan Royals team in IPL. When IPL 2021 was going on, the second wave of Kovid in India was causing havoc. In such a situation, in view of the circumstances, Liam Livingstone had suddenly decided to return home late in the middle of the tournament. Till that time Rajasthan had played only three matches. It was told by the Rajasthan Royals team that Livingstone was tired of staying in the bio-bubble for a long time, so he decided to return home.