The 51st league match of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League was played between the team of Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders, in which the KKR team had a target of 143 runs in this match and they achieved it in 14.2 overs at the loss of just two wickets. The biggest hero of this one-sided victory of KKR against New Zealand was Finn Allen who scored a century in just 47 balls. With this century, Finn Allen has also achieved an achievement which till now no New Zealand player had been able to do in T20 cricket.
Finn Allen became the first New Zealand player in this case
So far in T20 cricket, one great player has been seen from New Zealand in this format, one of which is Finn Allen. Finn Allen has now become the first New Zealand player to score three century innings in a year in T20 cricket. Finn Allen played a century for Perth Scorchers earlier this year. After this, Finn Allen scored a century in the semi-final match against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2026. Now Finn Allen has scored his third century in T20 this year by playing a century in the match against Delhi Capitals.
Scored the fastest century in IPL for KKR
Finn Allen completed his century in just 47 balls in the match against Delhi Capitals, in which he hit 10 sixes along with 5 fours. With this, Finn Allen has become the batsman to score the fastest century for KKR in IPL, in which he has broken the record of Sunil Narine who had scored a century in 49 balls in the match against Rajasthan Royals in the year 2024. At the third place in this list is the name of Brendon McCullum, who had completed a century in 53 balls in the first match of IPL history against the Royal Challengers Bangalore team. Apart from this, Finn Allen is now only the second New Zealand player after Brendon McCullum to score a century in the IPL. McCullum has scored two centuries in the IPL, one of which he scored while playing for KKR and one while playing for Chennai Super Kings.
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