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Zimbabwe cricket team on Wednesday registered the record of making the highest team score in the history of men's T-20 international cricket.
He scored a mammoth score of 344/4 for the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs against Gambia cricket team in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier-B held in Nairobi.
Captain Sikandar Raza helped the team reach this record by playing an incredible century.
Zimbabwe broke India's record
Zimbabwe's score of 344/4 against Gambia now becomes the highest score in T20 Internationals.
In this case, it left behind the score of 314/3 made by Nepal against Mongolia in September 2023.
Similarly, Zimbabwe has also surpassed the score of 297/6 made by the Indian cricket team against Bangladesh in Hyderabad this month.
However, this record in the match between full-member teams is still in the name of India.
Raza's stormy century helped in making the record
The architect of this record-breaking innings of Zimbabwe was captain Raza, who scored unbeaten 133 runs in 43 balls. His explosive innings included 7 fours and 15 sixes.
This brilliant performance came just 4 days after Zimbabwe's previous high score of 286/5 against Seychelles, highlighting their impressive performance in this tournament.
It is noteworthy that Raza has become the first Zimbabwean batsman to score a century in T-20 international cricket.
A total of 27 sixes were hit in Zimbabwe's innings.
In this record-breaking match, Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first and recorded the second highest powerplay score of 103/1 after 6 overs.
The team's aggressive batting continued with contributions from Brian Bennett (50) and Tadivanashe Marumani (62 off 19 balls).
Clive Madande also scored an unbeaten 50 and Zimbabwe hit a total of 27 sixes in their innings. He broke Nepal's previous record of 26 sixes.
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