New Delhi, May 8 -- New Zealand batsman Finn Allen has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first New Zealand player to score three T20 centuries in a single calendar year, underlining his dominance across global franchise and international cricket in 2026.

Allen's extraordinary run includes a blazing 101 off 53 balls for Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League, an unbeaten 100 off 33 deliveries for New Zealand in the T20 World Cup, and a match-winning unbeaten 100 off 47 balls for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League against Delhi Capitals in Delhi.

With this, Allen becomes the first New Zealand batsman to register three T20 hundreds in a calendar year, marking one of the most explosive batting seasons in modern T20...