Afghanistan is one of the cricket teams which have shown a lot of improvement in the last few years and their performance has won the hearts of fans. Currently, they are sitting at the 10th position in the ICC T20 team ranking. It has got some powerful hitters that have already achieved the fastest runs in the T20 internationals including the fastest century. So, let's check out some of those players who made the fastest hundred in the T20 international for Afghanistan.
List of Fastest Century in T20I for Afghanistan
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Player
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Runs
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Balls
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Against
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Venue
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Date
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Hazratullah Zazai
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162*
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42
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Ireland
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Dehradun
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23/02/2019
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Mohammad Shahzad
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118*
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52
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Zimbabwe
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Sharjah
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10/01/2016
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1. Hazratullah Zazai
Hazratullah Zazai holds the record of hitting the quickest century in the T20 international for Afghanistan. He achieved this incredible feat in just 42 balls while performing against Ireland at Dehradun in 2019. Zazai made his T20I debut in the match against U.A.E at Dubai (DSC) in 2016. During a T20I with Ireland, he added an unbelievable 162 runs in just 62 balls and remained not out.
2. Mohammad Shahzad
Mohammad Shahzad is sitting in 2nd place for making the quickest hundred in the T20 international for Afghanistan. He did this incredible job in 52 balls while playing against Zimbabwe at Sharjah in 2016. During Zimbabwe’s tour to U.A.E, Zimbabwe, and Afghanistan met each other for the 2nd T20I where Mohammad Shahzad came out as an opener and added an unbeaten 118 from just 67 balls.