New Delhi. Zimbabwe made 7 world records in a T20 International match. This team set world records one after the other in the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier match against Gambia. There are four records of India also which were made by Zimbabwe. Captain Sikandar Raza played an important role in this historic performance of Zimbabwe who scored a century in 33 balls. On the basis of Alexander's brilliant innings, Zimbabwe scored the highest score of 344 runs in T20 cricket. After this, this team was successful in registering the biggest win in T20. In this match played in Nairobi, only one Gambian batsman could reach double figures. The team collapsed for 54 runs.
Zimbabwe scored 344 runs. This is the highest total of any team in T20 International cricket. This is the highest score in T20 by any Test playing team. Earlier this record was in the name of India. The Indian team recently scored 297 runs in the T20 against Bangladesh. During this period, Zimbabwe scored 282 runs only with fours and sixes. This is also a world record. This record was also earlier in the name of India which had scored 232 runs from boundaries against Bangladesh.
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57 boundaries were hit by Zimbabwe in this match.
Apart from this, Zimbabwe team has become the team to score the most boundaries in an innings of a T20 match. This team hit a total of 57 boundaries in the match against Gambia. In this, Sikandar Raza alone hit 15 sixes and 7 fours. Earlier the record of most boundaries in T20 International match was in the name of India who had hit 47 boundaries against Bangladesh but now this record has been taken by Zimbabwe. The Zimbabwean batsman hit 27 sixes against Gambia. This is also the highest in a single innings of T20. Earlier, Nepal had hit 26 sixes in an innings against Mongolia in the Asian Games.
Sikandar becomes number one leaving Rohit-Miller behind
Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza scored a century in 33 balls. This is the fastest century in T20 by any player of the Test playing team. Earlier this record was in the names of Rohit Sharma of India and David Miller of South Africa who made it in 35 balls. In this match, Zimbabwe won by a record 290 runs, which is the biggest victory of any team in T20 cricket. Zimbabwe has become the fastest team to score 200 runs in T20. He had scored a double century of runs in 12.5 overs. Earlier this record was in the name of South Africa. South Africa had scored a double century of runs in 13.5 overs.
Tags: Cricket Records
FIRST PUBLISHED: October 23, 2024, 22:59 IST
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