314 Runs In 20 Overs, 50 In 9 Balls! Nepal Re-Write T20I Record Books In Asian Games

Nepal males’s cricket workforce made historical past on the ongoing Asian Games cricket event in Hangzhou, China as they smashed the highest-ever whole in T20I cricket historical past, the quickest fifty and quickest century by a participant in format’s historical past on Wednesday.  They achieved this throughout their match towards Mongolia. This match additionally kickstarts the boys’s cricket competitors on the continental meet. In the match, Nepal smashed 314/3 of their 20 overs. It is the highest-ever whole in T20Is, overtaking Afghanistan’s 278/3 towards Ireland in 2019. (Scorecard)

They additionally smashed a complete of 26 sixes of their innings, the very best by a workforce within the format’s historical past in a single inning. They went previous Afghanistan’s report of twenty-two sixes that helped them make 278/3 again in 2019.

But two of probably the most fascinating data are them smashing the quickest fifty and century in T20I cricket.

Dipendra Singh Airee, the Nepal all-rounder reached his half-century in simply 9 balls, going previous Indian legend Yuvraj Singh’s report of a 12-ball fifty towards England within the ICC T20 World Cup 2007, a match which noticed him smash Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over. Airee ended with 52* in simply 10 balls, with eight of them smashed out of the park for a six. His strike price of 520 can also be one of the best in a T20I innings.

Kushal Malla additionally went previous T20I giants like India’s Rohit Sharma and South Africa’s (*50*) Miller to hit the quickest T20I century ever, in simply 34 balls. Malla ended with 137 in 50 balls, with eight fours and 12 sixes.

Notably, Rohit and Miller have 35-ball centuries to their names, however Malla has now shattered these data by smashing a helpless Mongolia bowling assault all around the park.

Notably, Mongolia wants 315 to win. India’s males’s cricket marketing campaign will begin on October 3 within the quarterfinals. The title conflict might be performed on October 7.

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