Highest runs T20 International Records
Twenty20 matches are the biggest attraction of international cricket. Because it is a short over match, the batsmen try to play an aggressive innings. I will share about the record of five team highest runs in a T20 match.
Afghanistan- 278/3 vs Ireland
The record for most runs in an international cricket T20 match is held by Afghanistan. Afghanistan held that record in India in 2019 against Ireland. In that match of just 20 overs, Afghanistan played a huge innings of 278 runs. Afghanistan scored only three wickets. The biggest attraction in the innings was the batting prowess of Hazratullah Zazai. Hazratullah Zazai played a spectacular innings of 162 off 62 balls with a total of 16 overboundaries and 11 boundaries. He was undefeated from start to finish. Another batsman who came to bat in the opening innings, Osman Gani, made 73 off 48 balls.
Ireland's innings, on the other hand, was quite good after the T20 match as it was never possible to score so many runs. Ireland scored 194 runs in twenty overs. Paul Sterling scored the highest 91 runs for the team.
There are several records in this match.
- Highest team 278 runs
- Hazratullah Zazai's 162 runs which is the second highest individual score in t20 format
- t20 Most run partnership Jazai and Gani.
- Afghanistan's team record of 22 sixes.
Czech Republic - 278/4 vs Turkey
Afghanistan as well as the Czech Republic have the highest t20 format score. That sounds a little unbelievable, but it really happened. The Czech Republic scored 278 runs for 4 wickets against Turkey. In international cricket, both the Turkish and Czech Republic teams are considered innovations. Because they are not very well known in the history of cricket. It was the 6th match of the 2019 Continental Cup. The Czech Republic won by a huge scores against Turkey.
After winning the toss, the Czech Republic decided to bat first. Opening batsmen honey gori 32 and Sumit Pokhriyal 79 runs in the innings. Sudesh Wickramasekara, who came to bat at number five, led the team to an unbelievable score. He made 104 off just 36 balls with 10 overboundaries and 8 boundary in his entire innings.
The Czech Republic's innings was as good as Turkey's batting innings was bad. Seven batsmen of the Turkish batting score team were dismissed for 0 runs. In the opening 4 batsmen could not make any run. Mehmat Sert was the highest run scorer for the team with 12 off 11 balls. Turkey were all out for just 21 runs.
Australia - 263/3 vs Sri Lanka
Australia, the third highest team score in an International Twenty20 match, scored 263 runs against Sri Lanka, setting a third highest team record in the history of t20 cricket. It was the first T20 match between Australia and Sri Lanka in 2016 in Kandy. Sri Lanka elected to field first.
Glenn Maxwell and David Warner came to bat in the opening. David Warner was dismissed for 28 off 16 balls. Glenn Maxwell, on the other hand, gave Australia a huge innings of 145 runs. He was able to make this run with fourteen fours and 9 sixes off just 65 balls. Towards the end of the innings Travis Head scored 45 off 18 balls. Australia scored 263 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs.
Chasing such a huge run, Sri Lanka fell three wickets first. Two opening batsmen Kushal Perera and Dilshan were dismissed for 4 runs respectively. Dinesh Chandimal, the then captain of the team who came to bat at number four, gave the team a fairly good innings. He made 58 off 43 balls in that innings. Kushal Mendis and Thisara Perera, two middle-order batsmen, did not do well.
However, in the end, Chamara Kapugedera scored 45 runs and Sri Lanka made 178 for 9 wickets.
Australia won by 85 runs. Glenn Maxwell became the man of the match for his great performance.
Sri Lanka -260/6 vs Kenya
Sri Lanka holds the fourth highest record in the team at twenty20. Sri Lanka set the record against Kenya. Opponent Kenya is known as a very weak team in international cricket. The match between Sri Lanka vs Sri Lanka was held in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2007. This was the eighth match of the ICC World Twenty20. Konya won the toss and elected to field.
Upal Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya came to the batting at the opening of Sri Lanka. Upal Tharanga was out for just 11 runs but Sanath Jayasuriya played a good innings. He scored 88 off 44 balls. Sanath Jayasuriya is considered one of the most successful players in the history of Sri Lankan cricket. In the middle order, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene played a good innings. He scored 65 off just 27 balls. Towards the end, Jehan Mubarak made 46 off 13 balls. He had 5 sixes in his entire innings.
It was never possible for weak Kenya to win with so many runs on target. Sri Lankan bowlers are also considered strong in international cricket. Only 3 batsmen were able to fill the double digits of the Kenyan team. Alex Obanda scored a maximum of 21 runs for the team. Sri Lankan fast bowler Dilhara Fernando took five wickets alone. Kenya were all out for just 88 runs
As a result, Sri Lanka won by a huge margin of 172 runs. Player Of The Match
Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka.
India - 260/5 vs Sri Lanka
India is one of the strongest team in world cricket. India's fifth highest T20 score in the record. They set the record against Sri Lanka. Both India and Sri Lanka are strong teams in international cricket. The match was held in 2017. It was the second T20 match of the ongoing tournament.
India's two opening batsmen Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul got off to a great start. Rohit Sharma played a huge innings of 118 runs off just 43 balls. He had 10 huge sixes in his entire innings. Another opening batsman KL Rahul played another impeccable innings of 89 off 49 balls. He hit eight sixes in the 89-run innings. In the end India was able to score 260 runs for 5 wickets.
Batting in reply, Sri Lanka were all out for 178 runs. Kushal Perera scored the highest 77 runs for the team. He had 7 sixes in his innings. Apart from Upal Tharanga 47 runs, other batsmen could not do much. Yuzvendra Chahal took four wickets.
India won the match by 88 runs. Rohit Sharma was Man of the Match.
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