India, April 9 -- Priyansh Arya was out for a golden duck after getting bowled by Rajasthan Royals' Jofra Archer, but in the next match against Chennai Super Kings, he hit the first ball for a six over point. There was hesitation whatsoever. That is what impressed Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting the most about Priynash Arya's swashbuckling maiden IPL century on Tuesday night in Mullanpur. Arya hit the second-fastest century by an Indian in the IPL by getting to the milestone off just 39 balls.

"I've been around in a lot of cricket games. I haven't seen many better knocks than what I have seen tonight," Ponting said in a video shared by Punjab Kings on their social media handles.

"There are two things that I want to highlight about...