The team Zimbabwe has shattered T20 International world record by amassing massive 344-run total. It has also surpassed India’s previous record for Test nations. Zimbabwe has surpassed previous record of 314, set by Nepal in the 2023 Asian Games. It is also far ahead from that of India’s 297 for 6, which was the highest T20I score by a Test-playing nation.
Posting the highest-ever team total in T20 internationals, by gathering 344 for 4 against Gambia during a Group B match at the T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier in Nairobi, Zimbabwe cricket team has created history. A previous record of 314 was set by Nepal Team against Mongolia in the 2023 Asian Games.
Zimbabwe’s star player, Captain Sikandar Raza was the architect of the innings. He also featured in the IPL for Punjab Kings. Raza blasted an unbeaten 133 from just 43 balls. He hammered 15 sixes in his innings. However, it fell short of the world record for most sixes in a T20 innings. This record is of 18 sixes made by Sahil Chauhan of Estonia.
Raza, who entered after the second wicket fell in the seventh over, smashed a total of seven fours during his explosive innings. He reached his century in just 33 balls, tying Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton for the second-fastest hundred in T20I cricket.
However, Raza’s effort was still six balls slower than the 27-ball century record set by Estonia’s Sahil Chauhan against Cyprus in June.
Raza’s powerful performance was backed by Zimbabwe’s aggressive batting, with the team hitting 27 Sixes and 30 Boundaries overall. As such, their monumental total shattered previous T20I records.
Worth noticing, Australian opener Aaron Finch continues to hold the record for the highest individual score in T20 Internationals, with his 172 against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2018.
Though Raza’s 15 sixes were the highlight, the innings was a team effort, with significant contributions from Zimbabwe’s top order.
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