Highest Scores in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
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ICC T20 World Cup is one of the most interesting cricket events, filled with unstoppable action, it is worth every second!
Cricket lovers around the world witness a rush of cricket action every two years. It is nothing less than a festival, every citizen roots for their national team. Undoubtedly, there’s a touch of patriotism as well.
Talking about the volume and intensity of the cricketing action, every ICC T20 World Cup is a saga. Every match of the tournament has tons of highest-scoring runs, fast-paced yorkers, longest sixes, smooth fours, smashing wickets and much more.
In this blog, we shall explore everything highest about the ICC T20 World Cup, starting with-
Here’s the list of Top Scoring Teams in every ICC Men’s T20 World Cup season.
Highest Score in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
We got to witness the highest score in a T20I match, when Sri Lanka confronted Kenya on 14th September 2007.
Sri Lankan batters played with a striking run rate of 13.00 at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 260/6 in the first innings.
Sri Lanka batsmen completely thrashed the Kenya’s bowling line-up.
Highest Run Scorer in the Match
Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya opened for the team. Things could have gone tough for Sri Lanka, if Jayasuriya wouldn’t have taken the control. Upul was bowled out by Thomas Odoyo in just 2.6 overs.
It was for Jayasuriya that the team was able to get back on track. The Player of the Match, Sanath Jayasuriya scored 88 runs off 44 deliveries. Jayasuriya hit 11 (4s) and 4 (6s) with an impressive strike rate of 200.00.
Sri Lanka’s bowlers took no chance in letting any Kenyan batsmen stay on the pitch for long. The entire was whitewashed in the 19.3 overs and in the end, Sri Lanka won the match by 172 runs.
Batsman with Highest Score in a Match - ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
Brendon McCullum scored the most runs in a single ICC T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh in 2012. Brendon scored 123 runs off 58 balls, hitting 11 (4s) and 7 (6s) with a strike rate of 212.06.
Here’s a complete list of the batsmen with respective highest scores in every season of the ICC Men’s T20I World Cup
Nobody has been able to beat his score yet, let’s see if 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup would be one where we’ll witness a new record.
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