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The idea that T20 is only a game for young people has once again been proved wrong and Martin Guptill has proved this by doing so. Let us tell you that this 36-year-old batsman scored a stormy century in the Caribbean Premier League. You can only guess about the outcry of his century from the fact that he had scored 58 runs in his innings in just 10 balls. Something similar happened here too, his team Trinbago Knight Riders made such a big score in 20 overs that the opposing team Barbados Royals lost the match by 133 runs. Leaving aside this, let us tell you that time and again his 11 players together did not score as many points in the match as Martin Guptill did alone.
If we talk about the match, then before that it is important to talk about the storm created by Martin Guptill. This is because this set the entire excitement of the match. Thanks to this innings, Trinbago Knight Riders, playing first, scored a total of 194 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. In response, the Barbados Royals got badly defeated in front of the target of 195 runs.
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* Martin Guptill's explosive century:
Let us tell you that Martin Guptill, who came to open, had so much sharpness and speed that he was not only hitting fours, he was hitting more sixes in the name of boundaries. The difference between the number of fours hit by his bat was 1-9. This means he hit 8 more sixes than the chance, and in doing so, Guptill scored a century in 58 balls. Playing at a strike rate of more than 172, he remained unbeaten even after scoring 100. Please tell that this was the sixth century of his T20 career.
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* This CPL team lost to Guptill alone:
Let us tell you that on the basis of Martin Guptill's innings, Trinbago Knight Riders set a target of 195 runs for victory in front of Barbados Royals, in response to this, the Barbados team got piled on only 61 runs. Forget 20 overs, his team did not progress beyond 12.1 overs in the match. Now being reduced to 61 runs meant that Barbados Royals lost to Guptill alone before losing to Trinbago Knight Riders. He scored 39 runs less in that too. For information, let us tell you that Martin Guptill was selected as the player of the match for his brilliant and strong innings.