zimbabwe vs gambia
More records are being broken and surpassed every day in T20I cricket, but on October 23, a match was played in Nairobi in which a number of records were created. In this match, a team set a new record by scoring more than 300 runs. In this match, not one, not two, but four world records were broken. From this you can estimate what type of competition this was.
Zimbabwe and Gambia actually faced each other in the Group B match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier. Batting first, Zimbabwe scored a huge score of 344 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Thus, the world record for highest score in T20I cricket was registered in the name of Zimbabwe. Previously, this record was in the name of Nepal, who had scored 314 runs while losing 3 wickets against Mongolia in last year’s Asian Games.
A flurry of world records
Zimbabwe scored 282 runs off 344 only with the help of fours and sixes and created a new world record. Previously, this record was in the name of Team India. India recently scored 232 runs from boundaries in the T20I match against Bangladesh. In this match, Zimbabwe hit a total of 57 boundaries and made a new world record for the most boundaries hit in an innings of a T20I match. He broke Team India’s record of 47 boundaries. Zimbabwe also held the record for most six hits in a T20 innings. Zimbabwe hit 27 sixes and broke Nepal’s record of 26 sixes.
Highest team score in T20Is
- 344/4 – Zimbabwe vs Gambia, Nairobi, 2024
- 314/3 – Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023, Asian Games
- 297/6 – India vs Bangladesh, Hyderabad, 2024
- 286/5 – Zimbabwe vs Seychelles, Nairobi, 2024
- 278/3 – Afghanistan vs Ireland, Dehradun, 2019
Captain Sikandar Raza contributed the most to Zimbabwe achieving this score. Sikandar Raza scored a century in just 33 balls and became the batsman to score the fastest century among the full members of the nation. He broke the records of Rohit Sharma and David Miller. Sikandar Raza played an unbeaten innings of 133 runs in 43 balls with the help of 15 sixes and 7 fours. In this way, Alexander became the batsman who scored the first century for Zimbabwe in the T20I.
Fastest T20 century (full member nation)
- Sikandar Raza – 33 balls vs Gambia, 2024
- Rohit Sharma – 35 balls vs Sri Lanka, 2017
- David Miller – 35 balls vs Bangladesh, 2017
- Johnson Charles – 39 balls vs South Africa, 2023
- Sanju Samson – 40 balls vs Bangladesh, 2024
In response to Zimbabwe’s 344 runs, the Gambia team collapsed by just 54 runs. In this way, Zimbabwe became the highest winning team in terms of runs in T20Is. Before this, the record for highest victory was in the name of Nepal. Nepal had won the match by 273 runs in 2023.
Highest win by runs in T20Is
- 290 runs – Zimbabwe vs Gambia, Nairobi, 2024
- 273 runs – Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023
- 257 runs – Czech Republic vs Türkiye, Ilfov County, 2019
- 208 runs – Canada vs Panama, Coolidge, 2021
Sikandar Raza received the Man of the Match award for this spectacular victory. Sikandar has now become the player with the most Man of the Match wins in T20Is. He broke Suryakumar Yadav’s world record. Raza won the 17th Player of the Match award. While Surya has 16 POMs to his name.
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