Phil Salt Achieves Third T20I Century Against West Indies, Joining Elite Group Of Players

Phil Salt, an England batter, achieved a significant milestone by scoring his third T20I century against the West Indies. This feat occurred during the opening match of a five-game series on Saturday, November 9, at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Salt's unbeaten 103 off 54 balls helped England easily chase down a target of 183 runs against the West Indies. With this performance, Salt joined an exclusive group of players who have scored three centuries in T20 Internationals.

The 28-year-old cricketer hit six sixes and nine fours on his way to this century. He now ranks just behind India's Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav, as well as Australia's Glenn Maxwell, for the most T20I hundreds.

Among full-member teams, Salt is only the third player to achieve three centuries in T20Is. He joins Pakistan's Babar Azam and New Zealand's Colin Munro in this elite group. Below is a list of players with the most hundreds in T20 Internationals:

All of Salt's centuries have been against the West Indies. His two previous tons were consecutive scores nearly a year ago during England's tour of the Caribbean. He is one of four players to have scored two consecutive centuries in T20Is.

Sanju Samson from India recently joined this list after scoring a century against Bangladesh followed by another against South Africa on November 8 in Durban.

Gustav Mckeon from France was the first to achieve back-to-back hundreds in 2022 against Switzerland and Norway. Rilee Rossouw from South Africa became the second player to do so with tons against India and Bangladesh also in 2022.