WI vs ENG: Phil Salt creates HISTORY with stunning century against West Indies, record close to Rohit Sharma

New Delhi: You must have seen many batsmen scoring centuries. You must have seen people scoring centuries in every country. But, have you ever seen a batsman who has written the script of his every century in the same country? At least the story of his T20 International career is like this. All the centuries that batsman has scored in T20 International so far are in one country and against the same team. The big thing is that he is the first batsman in the world to make this interesting record, whose name is Phil Salt.

Phil Salt scored his third T20I century in West Indies:
Phil Salt scored a brilliant century in the second T20 against West Indies. He played an unbeaten innings of 103 runs, which included 6 sixes, this was the third century of his T20 International career. Also, it was the third century scored in West Indies and against West Indies.

All three centuries were scored in the last 5 innings:
Phil Salt’s T20 career is of 34 matches. But, in this, he has played 10 matches against West Indies on their home ground and has scored 581 runs at an average of 83, which includes all three centuries of his T20 International career. The big thing is that he has scored all these three centuries in the last 5 innings played against West Indies, in West Indies.

When did he score a century in the West Indies?

His T20 century against the West Indies on their own soil started on 16 December 2023. After this, Salt scored his second T20 International century on 19 December 2023 and now he scored his third century on 9 November 2024. That is, within a year, he has introduced the world to his three T20 International centuries.

When Phil Salt was asked about this after the second T20 International, he said that he likes batting in the West Indies. Anyway, Phil Salt, born in Wales, spent his childhood in the West Indies. He learned the tricks of cricket there and grew up playing cricket there. This could be a big reason why he likes the pitches of West Indies.

Salt has established himself as a formidable force against West Indies in T20Is, ranking third on the list of most runs scored against them with a total of 581 runs in 10 matches, including three centuries. Rohit Sharma leads the list with 693 runs, followed by David Warner with 662 runs.