Zimbabwe brakes world record for highest T20I total

Zimbabwe made a stunning 344/4 in their 20 overs against Gambia in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Local Qualifier B. Sikandar Raza shot 133 not out off only 43 balls with 15 sixes as Zimbabwe piled up a record all out in T20Is in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Local Qualifier B game against Gambia. Zimbabwe's absolute of 344/4 overshadowed the past high of 314/3 by Nepal against Mongolia in 2023. They had entered the main five before this month when they made 286/5 against Seychelles. Seven days preceding that India had entered the rundown with a huge complete of 297/6 against Bangladesh. Raza's century is the first by a Zimbabwe player in quite a while's T20Is with Dion Myers' 96 last evening against Rwanda the most elevated score such a long ways for them. His 15 sixes in the joint-fourth-most by a player in men's T20Is. Raza's century fell off only 33 balls, making it the joint-second quickest hundred in men's T20Is. Estonia's Sahil Chauhan holds the record for accomplishing the accomplishment in only 27 balls. Namibia's Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton had likewise made a ton off only 33 balls prior 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.