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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who became the first Indian cricketer to play 100 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is)?
A
Harmanpreet Kaur
B
Mithali Raj
C
Deepti Sharma
D
Mamatha Maben
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Rohit Sharma. Rohit Sharma is the first Indian male cricketer to play 100 matches of T-20 format. Stand-in captain Rohit Sharma became the first Indian cricketer and second in world cricket to complete 100 T20 Internationals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian Women Cricket team Captain has become the 1st Indian cricket player to play 100 T20 International matches. She is the first Indian to achieved this. Harmanpreet achieved this at the final T20 International against South Africa at Surat, India.

Detailed explanation-3: -If a player scores 100 runs in a single inning, it is known as a century in a cricket match. Scoring a century in T20I is way too difficult because of the limited-overs format. The first century of the T20 International format was scored by Chris Gayle against South Africa at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007.

Detailed explanation-4: -India’s Rohit Sharma leads the list with four T20I centuries, followed by Czech Republic’s Sabawoon Davizi, India’s Suryakumar Yadav, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and New Zealand’s Colin Munro with three each. A further 14 players have scored two T20I centuries including Evin Lewis of the West Indies.

Detailed explanation-5: -Detailed Solution. Stand-in captain Rohit Sharma became the first Indian male cricketer and second in world cricket to complete 100 T20 Internationals.

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