Chris Gayle no longer owns the record for the fastest T20 ton!
Reportedly, a Trinidad and Tobago batsman, Iraq Thomas, has smashed the fastest Twenty20 century breaking Gayle's record 30-ball hundred.
It seems the T & T batsman reached the feat in just 21 balls, which is a world record in domestic cricket.
The 23-year-old cricketer from Tobago recorded this feat during a match in the Tobago Cricket Association's T20 tournament at Louis D'or on Sunday while representing Scraborough/Mason Hall.
Thomas remained unbeaten on 131 (off 31 balls) as his team chased Speyside's target of 152 in just eight overs.
Earlier in 2013, Gayle had smashed a 30-ball century for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors at the Chinnaswamy Stadium during IPL Season 6 and had remained unbeaten on 175.
According to Trinidad Guardian, Thomas had played a match earlier the day before facing Speyside. In the first match he smashed 97 (from 53 balls) against Charlotteville.
"I was just very happy to reach my first T20 century. I have played cricket for a while and to get this century in the shortest format left me very happy. I played for Queen's Park in Trinidad, so coming into this tournament I had some good experience having played at that level in Trinidad. You can even chase down 180 on this ground because it is not the biggest and it gave me real confidence to go after the bowlers. I never thought I would get the runs as quickly as I did but after hitting a few, I realised that something special can happen out there and it came through," Thomas said after such an unbelievable knock.
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