IPL 2023: Harry Brook hits his first IPL Century for Sunrisers Hyderabad

The 24-year-old Harry Brook scored his second T20 century with a stunning innings that included 12 fours and three sixes

The Yorkshireman is the principal player to hit a hundred in the current year’s IPL and is the fifth England hitter in history to accomplish the accomplishment.

“My girlfriend is here but the rest of my family have just left. I knew this would happen – as soon as they left I will get some runs. I’m sure they’ll all be very happy for me.”

said Brook.

Brook needed just 23 more deliveries to reach three figures, taking 32 balls to reach his half-century. The Sunrisers posted a formidable 228-4 score thanks to Aiden Markram’s 50 off 26 balls and Abhishek Sharma’s 32 off 17.

This century is Brook’s most recent endeavor in a stunning year for the right-hander, who has set up a good foundation for himself as perhaps the most exciting hitter in world cricket in all organizations.

In the Pakistan Super League in February 2022, Brook made his first century in Twenty20 cricket for Lahore Qalandars with an unbeaten 102 off 48 balls.

A month after helping England win the Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia, he was purchased by Sunrisers Hyderabad for £1.35 million in the auction for the 2023 IPL.

Brook has likewise partaken in a staggering beginning to his Test vocation, hitting four centuries in his initial six matches at a normal of 80.90 and a noteworthy strike pace of 98.77.

Brook is expected to play a crucial role in England’s plans to try to retain the Ashes against Australia at home this summer, even though Jonny Bairstow, who Brook replaced in the Test squad, is expected to return from a leg injury.

He is the only England batter to score a century in the IPL, joining Kevin Pietersen, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, and Bairstow. In the competition, England white-ball captain Buttler has scored five runs, while Test captain Stokes has scored two.