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Nepal registered a 273-run win against Mongolia in the Group A match of the Asian Games men’s T20 cricket event. This is the biggest win in terms of runs in T20 International cricket history. Nepal has registered many world records in this match. Nepal crossed the 300-run mark for the first time in T20 International history. Earlier, the world record for making the highest score in T20 International was held by Afghanistan, which had scored 278 runs for three wickets in 20 overs against Ireland. In this match, Nepal scored 314 runs for three wickets in 20 overs. Before Nepal, the world record for the biggest win in terms of runs in T20 International was in the name of Czech Republic, which won the match against Turkey by 257 runs. Nepal all out Mongolia for just 41 runs.
Yuvi’s 16 year old record broken, this batsman hits fifty in 9 balls
In this match, Nepal’s batsman Kushal Malla scored 137 not out, Malla scored these runs in 50 balls and during this innings he scored the fastest century in T20 International cricket. Malla scored a century in just 34 balls. Earlier, the fastest T20 International centuries were scored by Rohit Sharma, David Miller and Sudesh Vikramshekhar. These three scored this century in 35-35 balls. Dipendra Singh Airi played an inning of 52 runs not out in 10 balls in this match.
5 world records made in T20 match including 314 runs, fastest century and half century
Airi faced 10 balls and hit eight sixes during this period. Airy hit a fifty in 9 balls during this innings, which is the fastest fifty in the history of T20 International cricket. Airi broke the 16-year-old world record of Yuvraj Singh, who had hit fifty in 12 balls. Nepal had lost the wickets of both its openers by 66 runs. Nepal’s score in 7.2 overs was 66 runs for two wickets. After this, captain Rohit Paudel along with Kushal took the score to 259 runs. But what Kushal and Dipendra did after this will be remembered in T20 International cricket for a long time.
