Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Harry Brook slammed the primary hundred of IPL 2023 towards the Kolkata Knight Riders on the Eden Gardens on Friday.
The 24-year-old Brook, SRH’s most-expensive signing (Rs 13.25 crore) on the December 2022 public sale, transformed his maiden half-century within the match into the very best rating up to now this season. Brook recorded his second T20 ton off simply 55 balls within the last over, laced with 12 fours and three sixes.Sunrisers completed on 228 for 4, the very best complete of the season and the highest-ever by a visiting crew on the Eden Gardens.
After falling for 13 and three whereas batting within the middle-order, Brook was promoted to the opener’s slot in SRH’s earlier recreation the place he scored 13 runs.
Brook lastly got here into the zone in his fourth outing as SRH was despatched into bat by KKR. The Englishman instantly took a liking to KKR pacer Umesh Yadav, smashing three fours and two maximums in his two-over spell within the PowerPlay. While a few wickets and the KKR spinners slowed him down, Brook bid his time patiently to succeed in fifty off 32 balls earlier than the pacers returned.
Brook hammered pacer Lockie Ferguson for 4 fours and a six within the fifteenth over earlier than waltzing previous Shikhar Dhawan’s 99 to file the very best particular person rating of the season.
Brook is the fourth English batter to attain 100 within the IPL after Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow. He can also be the joint-third quickest to an IPL ton in 4 innings.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com