Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Current Affairs

Topic

National: 2023

Question:

In Asian Games 2023, this batsman has smashed a 16-year-old record of the fastest fifty in T-20 Cricket set by Yuvraj Singh. Identify this cricketer.

Options:

Dipendra Singh Airee

Rohit Sharma

Kushal Malla

Ravindra Jadeja

Correct Answer:

Dipendra Singh Airee

Explanation:

Nepal cricket team rewrote the record books in the Asian Games 2023, achieving remarkable milestones in T20 International cricket. Nepal’s extraordinary performance in the tournament led them to become the first team ever to cross the 300-run mark in T20Is. Nepal’s No. 5 batter, Dipendra Singh Airee, also made headlines with his explosive batting. Airee blazed his way to a nine-ball fifty. At just 19 years old, Kushal Malla, a talented left-handed batter, etched his name in cricket history by smashing the fastest-ever T20I century.