New Zealand’s Will Young Hits Stunning Century in CT 2025 Opener

Will Young Century: New Zealand opener Will Young has made a fantastic start to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Will has scored a century in the first match of the ninth Champions Trophy.

Will Young Shines with a Brilliant Century

Will Young has also become the first-century scorer in the ninth edition of the tournament. New Zealand, who came to bat after losing the toss, could not get the expected start. New Zealand was in a bad situation after losing 2 wickets in a short period. However, Will held one side and New Zealand’s innings recovered and played an important role in putting the team in a good position.

Will Young Breaks Rachin Ravindra’s Record

Will completed his hundred by scoring 1 run on the second ball of the 35th over. Will completed his century in 107 balls. Will hit 11 fours and 1 six in this hundred. This was also the fourth century in Will’s ODI career. Will broke the record of young New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra. Rachin has scored 3 centuries in ODI cricket.

He also became the fourth New Zealand batsman to score a century in Champions Trophy history. The others are:

• Nathan Astle – 145* vs USA (2004)
• Chris Cairns – 102* vs India (2000 final)
• Kane Williamson – 100 vs Australia (2017)

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Will Young’s Fourth ODI Century at a Glance

New Zealand’s Playing XI: Mitchell Santner (C), Devon Conway, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (WK), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William O’Rourke.

Pakistan’s Playing XI: Mohammad Rizwan (C & WK), Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.