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This brilliant innings not only created a new record for South Africa, but also broke the 61-year-old record of Graeme Pollock. Pretorius has now become the youngest South African batsman to score a century in Test cricket.
Record-breaking innings
South Africa’s start in the match was not very special. The score was hanging at 23/3, when Tanaka Chiwanga took the first three wickets. But then Pretorius, who came to the crease, did wonders.
This left-handed batsman started thrashing Zimbabwe’s bowlers by making a partnership of 95 runs in 88 balls with Dewald Brevis. By scoring a century in just 112 balls, Pretorius showed that he is a big star of the future.
His innings of 153 runs in 160 balls included 11 fours and 4 sixes. This score broke Javed Miandad’s record and he became the youngest player to score 150 runs in Tests.
Who is Luan-Dre Pretorius?
At the age of 19 years and 93 days, Pretorius created a stir not only in South Africa but in the entire world. He is the fifth youngest player to score a century on Test debut. Before this, he has also made his mark in South Africa 20 and List-A cricket.
The special thing is that Rajasthan Royals signed him as a replacement in IPL, and now his innings is telling how big a player he is going to become.
Golden future of South Africa
This innings of Pretorius made it clear that South Africa’s Test cricket is going to be stronger in the future. Dewald Brevis also showed how strong the young players are by scoring 51 runs in 41 balls in this match.
South Africa has recently won the World Test Championship title, and with the presence of players like Pretorius, the team is now going to have “good difficulty” in choosing batsmen.