Aarya Desai Century: IPL 2026 is about to start. But, before that, the 22-year-old player’s explosive performance was seen in a T20 tournament, which was bought by KKR for Rs 20 lakh. KKR had included that player as a replacement. However, he was released from KKR before the next season. Now, the batsman whom KKR bought and then released, how much fire was there in his bat, was seen in the match played on March 20 in the Surat Cricket League 2026. We are talking about 22 year old explosive opener Arya Desai.
Arya Desai made a splash in this T20 league
On March 20, a match was played between Luthra Pegasus and Kailash Sports Club in Surat Cricket League 2026. In this T20 match, Luthra Pegasus batted first and scored 267 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs. Arya Desai was not only the opener of Luthra Pegasus in this match but was also its captain. In such a situation, he performed both the responsibilities of giving a better start to the team and leading its batting from the front.
14 sixes, 193 runs… made this big record
Arya Desai, who came to the opening, remained unbeaten till the end and faced 81 balls and scored 193 runs with a strike rate of 238.27. His explosive innings included 14 sixes and 21 fours. With this, Arya Desai made a big record in her name. He has now become the batsman with the highest score in any officially recognized T20 league.
The opposing team could not overcome Arya Desai
Thanks to the 193 runs scored by its captain and opener Arya Desai, Luthra Pegasus set a huge target of 268 runs for Kailash Sports Club to win. But far from overcoming this score, the team of Kailash Sports Club could not even overcome the score of 193 runs made by Arya Desai alone. Kailash Sports Club team could score only 174 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs and thus lost the match by a huge margin of 93 runs. Arya Desai became the hero of this match.
Arya Desai’s KKR connection
Arya Desai was included by KKR as a replacement player in IPL 2023. This agreement was made for Rs 20 lakh. However, Arya Desai did not get a chance to show her skills there. After that one season, KKR also released him.