2nd T20 between Afghanistan and Ireland proved to be a record breaking match. Afghanistan scored 278/3 in 20 overs with Hazratullah Zazai 162*(62) hitting 16 sixes and 11 fours. Ireland responded with 194/6 in 20 overs. Following records shaked during this match:

  • The highest ever total (278) in all T20s. The previous record was 263 for 3 amassed by Australia against Sri Lanka in Pallekele in 2016.
  • Hazratullah’s score(162*), the second highest individual innings in T20Is. He fell ten short of Aaron Finch’s record of 172, achieved against Zimbabwe in Harare last year. Finch and Zazai are the only two players to score in excess of 150 in T20Is. Apart from his 172, Finch had scored 156 against England in Southampton in 2013.
  • Hazratullah hit 16 sixes during his innings, the most by a batsman in a T20I innings. He went past Finch’s tally of 14 hits over the boundary, during his knock of 156.
  • Runs added by Hazratullah and Usman Ghani (236) for the first wicket, the most for any wicket in T20s. The previous record was 229 between Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in the 2016 IPL.
  • Total runs scored in this match (472), which is the third highest in a T20I. India and West Indies hold the record when they made 489 in Lauderhill in 2016.

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2nd T20 between Afghanistan and Ireland proved to be a record breaking match. Afghanistan scored 278/3 in 20 overs with Hazratullah Zazai 162*(62) hitting 16 sixes and 11 fours. Ireland responded with 194/6 in 20 overs. Following records shaked during this match: The highest ever total (278) in all...