Nepal demolished several T20I batting records during a 2023 Asian Games match against Mongolia at Hangzhou, including breaching 300 for the first time in the format.
The opening match of the men’s T20I tournament at Hangzhou Asiad also marked the international cricket debut of Mongolian men. The first bowler started well after Rubsand Zundui Erdene Burgan opted to bowl and he limited Nepal to 44-1 in his five overs.
Even at 95-2 after nine overs, there was little indication of what was to come. However, Kusar Mara took 26 off Buyantusig Terbis’ first over and hit 50 off 19 balls.
Mara needed 15 more balls to reach triple digits. Her 34 balls were fastest century in the history of men’s T20I cricket strong>. He surpassed his 35-ball record jointly held by David Miller (2017), Rohit Sharma (2017) and Sudesh Wickramasekara (2019).
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Mara finished the innings unbeaten, hitting 8 fours and 12 sixes in 50 pitches for 137 pitches. Captain Rohit Paudel also reached 50 in 19 balls but fell behind with 61 in the first ball of the 19th over. At this point, Nepal’s score was 259-3.
With 11 balls remaining, Deependra Singh Airy joined Mala in the middle. Mungun Altankyag hit two wides in a row, and then Airy hit five consecutive sixes. Rubsandzunduy, whose previous record was 3-0 and 24-1, came to bowl in the final game.
After Mara singled on the first pitch, Ily hit his sixth (his sixth in as many balls) and then scored two runs, Nepal scoring inMen’s Twenty20 match became the first team to score 300 points. . He followed this with two more consecutive sixes and in just nine balls he reached his fifty.
These are not only thefastest 50 in T20I and all of Twenty Cricket, butthe fastest half inunless helped by a fall. It is impossible for anyone to achieve the century record.
Airee clearly surpassed the previous 12 pitch record. In T20Is he only batted at number 5 of 12 balls against Yuvraj Singh, while in his other Twenty20 matches Chris Gayle and Hazratul Razazai were batting.
Two off the last ball, Iley reached 52 from 10 balls. He had a strike rate of .520. This is thehighest strike rate of all timewhen he faces at least 10 balls in a T20I innings. He surpassed Norman’s Vanua record of 392 (47 off 12 balls).
Nepal finished with 314 wins and 3 losses, the highest score ever in men’s Twenty20 cricket. It also surpassed Afghanistan’s best record in men’s T20Is of 278-3.
However, in the women’s T20I, Bahrain (318-1 against Saudi Arabia) and Tanzania (314-2 against Mali) had already crossed the 300-run mark.
Nepal also set a new world record for the most innings (6 innings) in a Men’s T20I innings (26). This is four more for him than in Afghanistan (vs. Ireland) and West Indies (vs. South Africa). Of Nepal’s 26 sixes, Mara hit 10, Paudel six and Iley eight.
Mongolia, on the other hand, were bowled out for 41 in 13.1 overs with Karan KC (2-1), Avinash Bokhara (2-2) and Sandeep Lamichhane (2-7) taking two wickets each .
Nepal won with a difference of 273 points. This was thelargest points difference in Men’s Twenty20 by a team batting first, breaking his previous record of 257 points (the Czech Republic bowled Turkey, 278-4). won). twenty one).
However, it was still a long way from Uganda’s 304-point victory (Uganda beat Mali by 10 points, 314-2).
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