CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -White Ferns skipper, Sophie Devine, took just 36 balls in what is the fastest century in women’s T20 history. Devine, playing for the Wellington Blaze in the Super Smash, smashed nine fours and as many sixes as she finished with 108* off 38 balls.

Detailed explanation-2: -South Africa’s David Miller holds the joint record for the fastest international Twenty20 century of all time - he took just 35 balls to reach the milestone in a match against the Bangladesh in Potchefstroom in 2017.

Detailed explanation-3: -Harmanpreet Kaur is the first Indian woman cricketer to hit a century in T20 International cricket by scoring 103 runs in 51 balls.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fastest fifty in T20 cricket: Yuvraj Singh’s iconic knock against England still holds strong. Yuvraj Singh scored his half-century in just 12 balls in an ICC T20 World Cup match in 2007. He hit Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over during the knock.

Detailed explanation-5: -Combine that with her fees for playing in Australia’s Women’s Big Bash and the upcoming Women’s Indian Premier League, and her overall earnings could total a $250, 000. “I think it’s massively important and necessary for us to push ourselves forward, ” said Devine.