New Delhi: It became the highest score in the history of T20 cricket in India's domestic tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In this match, a record was also made for the most number of sixes hit in an innings. Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who participated in the first round of the tournament, was not included in this match.
Highest score in the history of T20 cricket
Actually, on Thursday, December 5, 2024, the match of Krunal Pandya-led Baroda was played against Sikkim in Indore. In the same match, Baroda scored 349 runs with 37 sixes for five wickets in 20 overs. Which is the highest score in the history of T20 cricket.
Apart from this, Baroda also became the first team to score more than 300 in India's domestic T20 competition. The previous highest team score was 275 runs made by Punjab against Andhra in 2023.
Excellent batting by Baroda batsmen
Baroda's openers Shashwat Rawat (43 runs on 16 balls) and Abhimanyu Singh (53 runs on 17 balls) made a strong start to the innings and made a partnership of 92 runs on just 31 balls. However, batsman Bhanu Paniya led Baroda's innings and remained unbeaten after scoring 134 runs in just 51 balls.
Paniya started from this platform and scored a century in 42 balls, which included five fours and 15 sixes. He scored his first half-century in 20 balls and his second half-century in 22 balls. After this, Shivalik Sharma scored 55 runs on 17 balls and Vishnu Solanki scored 50 runs on 16 balls.
Baroda broke Zimbabwe's record
Earlier, the record of the highest score in T20 cricket was in the name of Zimbabwe, which had scored 344 runs against Gambia in October this year, in this match Sikandar Raza played a brilliant inning of 133 runs on 43 balls.
Highest score in T20 cricket
- Baroda 349/5 vs Sikkim – 2024
- Zimbabwe 344/4 vs Gambia – 2024
- Nepal 314/3 vs Mongolia – 2023
- India 297/6 vs Bangladesh – 2024
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