, Nov. 15 -- Bangladesh A opener Habibur Rahman stormed his way into the record books on Friday, hitting a 35-ball century against Hong Kong China in Doha to register the fastest T20 hundred by a Bangladeshi cricketer.

The previous national record belonged to Parvez Hossain Emon, who reached his century off 42 balls in the 2020 Bangabandhu T20 Cup.

Habibur erased that mark with a display of power-hitting in the Rising Stars Asia Cup, helping Bangladesh A beat Hong Kong by eight wickets with 54 balls to spare.

Chasing 168, Habibur set the tone in the very first over, smashing three sixes.

He followed up with another over of three boundaries and a six, hitting 10 sixes overall - all inside the powerplay - as Bangladesh A amassed 107 run...