Zimbabwe register record breaking highest ever T20I total against Gambia https://www.cricketwinner.com Zimbabwe smash highest ever T20I total in ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier B Wed, 23 Oct 2024 19:25:00 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html https://github.com/jpmonette/feed en Copyright © 2024 Cricket Winner. All Rights Reserved. <![CDATA[Zimbabwe register record breaking highest ever T20I total against Gambia]]> https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/zimbabwe-register-record-breaking-highest-ever-t20i-total-against-gambia/ https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/zimbabwe-register-record-breaking-highest-ever-t20i-total-against-gambia/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:55:00 GMT

Zimbabwe's Star All-Rounder smashed 133* off just 43 balls with 15 sixes and helped Zimbabwe to set a world record T20I total in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier B game against Gambia.

Zimbabwe's total of 344/4 surpassed the previous record set by Nepal of scoring 314/3 against Mongolia in 2023.

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They entered the charts of the Highest Total in T20Is earlier this month by scoring 286/5 against Seychelles. A week prior to that India had entered the list with a massive total of 297/6 against Bangladesh.

Highest totals in men's T20Is

TeamScoreOppositionYear
Zimbabwe344/4Gambia2024
Nepal314/3Nepal2023
India297/6Bangladesh 2024
Zimbabwe 286/5Seychelles2024
Afghanistan278/3Ireland 2019
Czech Republic278/4Turkey

2019

Sikandar Raza also became the first player to score a century for them in this format. He hit 15 sixes which is joint-fourth-most by a player in Men's T20Is.

Raza's century came off just 33 balls, making it the joint-second fastest hundred in men's T20Is. Estonia's Sahil Chauhan holds the record for achieving the feat in just 27 balls.

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Namibia's Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton had also made a ton off just 33 balls earlier in 2024.

Zimbabwe's record-breaking innings included 27 sixes, the most recorded ever in a men's T20I, beating the 26 made by Nepal against Mongolia during their innings of 314/3 last year.

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