Rossouw, Nawaz make men’s T20 history as Quetta qualify for HBL PSL playoffs
Rossouw and Nawaz join elite club as both hit centuries in Quetta's thumping victory over Islamabad in HBL PSL X.
Rilee Rossouw and Hasan Nawaz made T20 history on Tuesday as they became the first pair to score centuries in the same innings of a HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) match—and just the 10th duo ever to achieve the feat in all of men’s T20 cricket.
Their explosive knocks helped Quetta Gladiators demolish Islamabad United by 109 runs, while also setting a new HBL PSL record total of 263-3.
Rossouw was the first to hit three figures, slamming 104 off 46 balls with 14 fours and six sixes. After Saud Shakeel fell for 23, Rossouw combined with the 22-year-old Nawaz to build a blistering 134-run stand off just 61 deliveries.
The South African was dismissed in the 16th over, but Nawaz kept going.
He brought up his century with a boundary off the final ball of the innings—ending unbeaten on 100 from 45 balls, with 9 sixes and 7 fours.
Their twin hundreds placed them in rare company, joining a list of only nine other duos to have pulled off this feat in men’s T20 history.
🔟 Other Instances of Twin Centuries in Men’s T20 Cricket:
- Kevin O’Brien (119) & Hamish Marshall (102) – Gloucestershire vs Middlesex, June 26, 2011
