Historic century by 41 year old Faf du Plessis. (Photo- MLC/X)
Faf du Plessis Hundred: In the very first match of Major League Cricket (MLC 2026), cricket fans got to see such a flood of runs which no one had even imagined. Texas Super Kings chased this target easily, dwarfing the huge score of 220 runs set by Seattle Orcas. The only megastar of this magical and historic victory of Texas was their captain Faf du Plessis, who at the age of 41 created such havoc with the bat that many big records of T20 cricket were destroyed.
Historic century of 41 year old Faf du Plessis
Captain Faf du Plessis took the lead from the very beginning for Texas Super Kings, which was chasing a mountain-like target of 221 runs. He gave a tough class to the opposition bowlers and did not leave any corner of the field where fours and sixes were not rained. Faf du Plessis batted stormily and completed his century in just 45 balls, which demoralized the bowlers of Seattle Orcas. Faf, who returned unbeaten after winning the match, faced only 52 balls and played an innings of 113 runs, which will always be remembered in the history of Major League Cricket. Due to this innings, Texas Super Kings achieved the target by losing only 4 wickets in 18.3 overs.
Faf du Plessis proved age to be just a number and made many big records during his batting in this match. Faf’s age during this match was 41 years 341 days. With this, he has become the oldest player to score a century in the history of all the T20 leagues of the world. Even before this, this record was in his name only. He achieved this feat last season at the age of 40. At the same time, he is also the first player to score 2 league centuries after the age of 40.
Four centuries in MLC
Captain Faf du Plessis has become the first and only batsman in the world to score 4 centuries in the history of Major League Cricket (MLC). There is no other batsman around him in this tournament. In 26 innings of this league, he has scored 1047 runs at an average of 43.62, which includes 4 centuries and 6 half-centuries. During this period his strike rate has also been 167.25.
