100 T20Is: Captain Eoin Morgan’s special century and his fellow achievers

Skipper Eoin Morgan is all set to become the first England menrsquos team player to play 100 T20 Internationals when his side take on India during the third match at Narendra Modi Stadium Ahmedabad on TuesdayThe Dublinborn batsman who has scored 2306 runs in 99 T20I games at 3034 will join the likes of Pakistan allrounder Shoaib Malik India opener Rohit Sharma and New Zealandrsquos middleorder batsman Ross Taylor in the 100match club middaycom looks at how these men fared in their landmark T20I Shoaib Malik July 2 2018 v Australia Harare Score 13Pakistanrsquos Shoaib Malik had the honour of becoming the first player in mens cricket to feature in 100 T20 Internationals He also holds the record of playing most T20I matches 116 But the landmark contest against Australia was a nightmarish game for the Pakistan allrounderBatting first in the second game of the triseries which also included hosts Zimbabwe at Harare Pakistan were reeling at 244 in the seventh over No 5 batsman Malik and Asif Ali tried to get their team back in the game with 23run standoff 21 balls before the formerrsquos innings ended on 13 after a horrible mixup while going for the second run Pakistan were bowled out for just 116 In reply Australia chased the target with nine wickets and 55 balls to spareRohit Sharma November 7 2019 v Bangladesh Rajkot Score 85Rohit Sharma is the only Indian batsman to feature in 100 or more T20I games The opening batsman achieved this feat during the second match against Bangladesh at Rajkot The Mumbai man celebrated the occasion with a matchwinning 43ball 85 He came into the T20 series having scored three hundreds in three Tests against South Africa Rohit fell for just nine during Indiarsquos loss in the first match at Delhi but the dashing batsman rose to the occasion with a big knock in Rajkot Batting first Bangladesh cruised to 781 in 10 overs But the spinners brought India back into the contest by restricting visitors to 1536 in 20 oversIn reply India got off to a flying start with openers Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan 31 putting on 118 runs off just 65 balls with the former doing much of the scoring Manofthe match Rohitrsquos 85 was laced with six fours and as many sixes India won by eight wickets and 26 balls to spare to level the threematch series 11Ross Taylor February 2 2020 v India Mount Maunganui Score 53New Zealandrsquos Ross Taylor achieved his 100match featmdashin T20Is and Testsmdashagainst India in February 2020 Taylor became only the second New Zealander after Suzie Bates to feature in 100 T20Is The righthanded middleorder batsman marked the occasion with a fine halfcentury 53 but his effort went in vain as India went on to win the thrilling contestElecting to bat the visitors posted 1633 in the allotted 20 overs thanks to a 41ball 60 by standin skipper Rohit At 1163 in the 13th over New Zealand were in for an easy victory but the hosts made a mockery of the chase losing six wickets for just 25 runs India won the game by seven runs to seal a 50 whitewash their first T20I series win in New Zealand