The fifth match of the ongoing T20 TRAI series in Bulgaria was extremely exciting for cricket lovers. The match played between Türkiye and Bulgaria saw the rain, record -breaking batting and dramatic fall of the innings. Turkish opener Mohammad Fahad scored a century in just 29 balls and scored the second fastest century in the history of T20 cricket. At the same time, his team crossed the 200 runs in just 11.5 overs, but after that the innings disintegrated like cards. However, Turkey won this high-scoring match by allouting Bulgaria on the basis of brilliant bowling.
Mohammad Fahad’s stormy century
In this match played at the National Sports Academy in Sophia, Turkey batted first after losing the toss. Opener Mohammad Fahad made an aggressive attack on the Bulgarian bowlers from the beginning. His batting was full of fours and sixes. Fahad completed his century in just 29 balls, which is the second fastest century in T20 cricket so far. During this, he did not give any chance to the Bulgarian bowlers and scored 120 runs in 34 balls with his aggressive batting. Fahad’s fellow opener also supported him well, due to which Turkey scored 158 runs in 9.1 overs without any loss. Turkey then crossed the 200 -run mark in 11.5 overs, the fastest 200 runs in T20 cricket.
Allout for 205/1 to 237 runs
However, Türkiye’s innings suddenly stumbled. The Turkish team, scoring 205/1 runs in 12.1 overs, collapsed completely in the next few overs. Bulgarian bowlers made a brilliant comeback and Turkish batsmen returned to the pavilion one after the other. In 19.3 overs, the entire Turkish team was dismissed for 237 runs. Which surprised everyone.
In this way Turkey won the match
Chasing a huge target of 237 runs, Bulgaria also made an aggressive start. His batsmen put some big shots, but the Turkish bowlers soon caught up the game. Bulgarian middle order came under pressure and the entire team was all out for 178 runs. Turkish bowlers showed excellent discipline and strategy, due to which they won this high-scoring match by 59 runs.