- Zimbabwe smashed their well beyond Gambia on Wednesday
- They broke a number of data together with the best T20I rating
- Captain Sikandar Raza posted a rating of 133 not out
Cricket followers have been left surprised on Wednesday evening, after Zimbabwe obliterated data to fireside house a ridiculous whole of 4-344 throughout their T20 World Cup qualification match in opposition to Gambia.
The match noticed Zimbabwe clinch a 290-run victory, with Gambia being bowled out for 54 runs.
Zimbabwe’s insane whole is a brand new document in Worldwide T20 cricket, with captain Sikandar Raza and his facet surpassing the earlier 3-314 set by Nepal in opposition to Mongolia in September 2023.
Raza additionally loved a wonderful afternoon on the crease, posting a rating of 133 not out, whereas Tadiwanashe Marumani struck 62, the facet’s second-highest rating.
Gambia solely turned an affiliate member of the ICC in 2017, with the facet having performed simply 13 T20 Internationals.
However they have been brutally put to the sword by Zimbabwe, who broke a number of different data in the course of the match.
Raza struck seven fours and 15 sixes throughout his innings racing to his ton in simply 33 deliveries, making his century the third-fastest in T20I historical past.
His innings additionally places him fifth within the order for probably the most sixes hit in a single T20I match, three shy of the document hit by Estonian Sahil Chauhan in opposition to Cyprus in June.
Zimbabwe broke a number of data on Wednesday with their T20I victory in opposition to Gambia
Zimbabwe smashed their technique to a complete of 344-4 to document the best ever rating in a T20I match
Commentator Adam Theofilatos was left surprised by the magnitude of the defeat
His facet additionally went on to hit 57 boundaries, the best by a staff in a T20I match.
It was fairly merely a dominant show by Zimbabwe within the T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifying match and one commentator, Adam Theofilatos was left shocked by their successful margin.
He wrote a tongue-in-cheek publish on X (previously Twitter) writing: ‘For what Zimbabwe has executed immediately, they’re prone to be reported to the ICC, not the Worldwide Cricket Council, the Worldwide Prison Courtroom.’
With Zimbabwe having received all 4 of their qualifying matches, they appear set to qualify for the regional ultimate alongside Kenya.
Kenya have additionally not misplaced a sport as but however will go up in opposition to Zimbabwe later immediately of their ultimate match of the Group B T20 World Cup Africa Sub-regional qualifiers.
