Arun Karthik played an unbeaten inning of 104 runs in 61 balls (Photo: Videograb)
New Delhi: To score a century is such a big thing. And, if the century comes out in T20 format, then the batsman has to be praised. Batsman Arun Karthik also scored a century in the match played in TNPL on 24th June. And, in doing so, he created history. Right-handed batsman Arun Karthik completed his century with a six. The special thing is that with the six with which he completed the century, he also won the match for the team.
Means, the century is also completed with sixes and the game is also over. The TNPL match in which 37-year-old batsman Arun Karthik did this was played between Nellai Royal Kings and Chepauk Super Gillies. The match was not very high scoring, yet it was thrilling as it was a captain vs captain fight. Got to see the flavor of the century innings. And, along with that century, history was also seen in the making.
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befitting reply of one captain to another captain
Arun Karthik was part of the Nellai Kings team in this match. Chepauk Super batted first in the match and scored 159 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs thanks to the 79 runs scored by their captain Baba Aparajit in 51 balls. Now Nellai Kings had a target of 160 runs. In this runchage, the captain of one team got a befitting reply from the captain of the other team.
Arun Karthik created a double blast with sixes
In response to the 79 runs scored by Chepauk Super captain Baba Aparajith, Nellai Kings captain Arun Karthik scored an unbeaten 104 off 61 balls. He hit 10 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. When Karthik was playing for 98 runs, he hit the 5th six of his innings, which also completed the century and won the match for the team with an innings of 61 balls.
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— Star Sports Tamil (@StarSportsTamil) June 24, 2023
First batsman in the history of TNPL
This is the third century from the bat of Arun Karthik in TNPL. Earlier in 1019 he had scored 106 runs in 61 balls and in 2022 he had scored 106 runs in 57 balls. This time he hit 104 runs in 61 balls and with this he got his name registered in the history of TNPL. Arun Karthik has now become the first batsman to score 3 centuries in TNPL.
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