Highest scorers in T20I cricket
When Brendon McCullum smashed his 116 not-out against Australia at Christchurch in the second T20I, he became only the second cricketer in the history of T20I cricket to slam a century.
The first ever batsman to score a century in T20Is is Chris Gayle, and he still holds the record for the highest individual score in T20Is. He had scored 117 against South Africa at Johannesburg in Wanderers in the ICC World T20 in 2007.
Gayle’s 117 had come off 57 balls, whereas McCullum scored his 116 off 56 balls.
The third-highest score in a T20I by an individual batsman is an unbeaten 98 by Ricky Ponting, who has retired from T20I cricket, followed by Tillakaratne Dilshan, Damien Martyn, Loots Bosman and Hershelle Gibbs – all of whom have scores of 90 and above.
Gautam Gambhir’s 75 in the final of the ICC World T20 in 2007 is the highest individual score in T20Is by an Indian.
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Posted by Sam
on Feb 28 2010. Filed under Cricket News.
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