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Phil Salt created history by scoring a century against West Indies, the first batsman to do so in T20I

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Phil Salt created history by scoring a century against West Indies, the first batsman to do so in T20I

Phil Salt- India TV — Image Source : PTI
Phil Salt

England vs West Indies: England has defeated West Indies by 8 wickets in the first T20 match. Phil Salt proved to be the biggest hero for England 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. Apart from Salt, Jacob Bethel played an inning of 58 runs for England.

Miracle of Phil Salt

Phil Salt did explosive batting from the beginning of the innings and laid the foundation of England's victory. 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.

Players who have scored the most centuries against a team in T20I:

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

Completed 1000 runs in T20I

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 debut in the year 2022

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.