Delhi opener Rishabh Pant has written his name into the record books by smashing a century in just 32 balls against Himachal Pradesh in a Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy fixture. Pant’s scored the fastest century ever scored by an Indian batsman in a T20 match, and the second fastest in the world, next only to Chris Gayle’s 30-ball ton.

Pant hammered 116* runs in 38 deliveries with the help of eight fours and 12 sixes and played at a strike rate of more than 300. Delhi went on to beat their opponents by 10 wickets with the help of his super maniac effort.

Speaking about his innings, the southpaw said, “Obviously, I felt good about it when I came to know, you always do, when that happens. Last season (2016-17 season) too, I had scored the fastest first-class hundred in India and then this year (2017-18 season) in T20; so yes, it feels good to see your name in the record books.”

Pant further added, “But one doesn’t play for records. I try to perform and while doing that records happen…. like Virat bhai (Kohli) keeps scoring (I try to do the same). Records happen if you keep scoring, so at the end of the day, if you are scoring runs then everything is good.”

Rishabh also said that he was looking to play a longer innings for a while, “(While) every run that I score is important, I have been trying to score big for some time (now). I was only getting to 30/40/50/60 runs but wasn’t getting a big score. It was going on for some time like that. I was batting well but wasn’t able to convert it into big scores so that is what I was trying to do; to convert the knock into a big one and that happened today,” he said.

With Delhi reaching the no.1 position in the group table with the win, Pant said he looks to make contributions in any way he can to help his squad. “The team is doing well and that’s what matters. I look to contribute in any way I can. If the batting isn’t coming off well then take a good catch while fielding or help to get a run out and try to contribute in whatever way possible,” he said.