Twenty four year old, South African cricketer Richard Levi hod been shown the cold shoulder by almost all the IPL Franchises in the auctions on 4th February. Now he has made them sit up and take notice by taking just 45 balls to score the fastest century in the history of T20 Internationals. His knock included a notable 13 sixes (also a record in itself) at the Seddon Park (Hamilton) last Sunday.
The Cape Cobras opening batsman, had a base price of just USD 50,000 but was not picked by any of the teams. Now it sounds like a great miss. However we still have a chance to watch his shots at play if Pune Warriors choose to rope him in at a steal away price. Post the deal between BCCI and Sahara, the Pune Warriors, who are back in the IPL, should certainly hire Levi as he has raised quite a few eyebrows already with his knock.
Other teams who have lost out on him could just blame it on their poor homework, as the right-hander who plays for South Africa Academy has quite a reputation in their domestic cricket arena. He has an impressive strike-rate of over 106 in 51 List A matches.
On Sunday he crossed his personal best score in the Twenty20 format and ended up with a tally of 117 runs of 51 balls (which is also the record for the highest score in a Twenty20 International innings, a record he shares with West Indian Chris Gayle) in the match against New Zealand.
Other teams who have lost out on him could just blame it on their poor homework, as the right-hander who plays for South Africa Academy has quite a reputation in their domestic cricket arena. He has an impressive strike-rate of over 106 in 51 List A matches.
On Sunday he crossed his personal best score in the Twenty20 format and ended up with a tally of 117 runs of 51 balls (which is also the record for the highest score in a Twenty20 International innings, a record he shares with West Indian Chris Gayle) in the match against New Zealand.
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