{"id":289231,"date":"2023-09-27T17:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=289231"},"modified":"2023-09-27T17:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T17:35:01","slug":"t20-records-tumble-as-nepal-score-314-3-and-malla-hits-fastest-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/%d1%81ricket\/t20-records-tumble-as-nepal-score-314-3-and-malla-hits-fastest-century\/","title":{"rendered":"T20 records tumble as Nepal score 314-3 and Malla hits fastest century"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nepal became the first team to score more than 300 runs in a T20 international as they rewrote the record books against part-timers Mongolia at the Asian Games.<\/p>\n
After winning the toss and opting to bat, Nepal smashed 314-3 in their 20 overs in Hangzhou on Tuesday, beating the previous best of 278-3 by Afghanistan against Ireland in 2019.<\/p>\n
Kushal Malla also hit the fastest T20 international century off just 34 balls.<\/p>\n
He was followed by Dipendra Singh Airee, who finished off by hitting eight sixes in an unbeaten 52 off just 10 balls.<\/p>\n
Airee reached his 50 off nine balls, beating the previous best by India\u2019s Yuvraj Singh\u2019s against England in 2007, which took 12 balls.<\/p>\n
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Nepal batsman Dipendra Singh Airee (L)\u00a0hit eight sixes in an unbeaten 52 off just 10 balls<\/p>\n
Mongolia were dismissed for 41, the biggest contribution from 23 extras, including 16 wides by the Nepali bowlers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Malla came in to bat, Nepal were 42 for one in 4.5 overs.\u00a0His 50-ball 137, along with Airee and Paudel\u2019s fifties, saw them score 272 runs in 15 overs by the end of Nepal\u2019s innings.<\/p>\n
Malla smashed 12 sixes and eight fours at a strike rate of 274.<\/p>\n
The previous record of the quickest T20 century was held by South Africa\u2019s David Miller, who scored it in 35 balls against Bangladesh in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Highest score in men\u2019s T20 internationals: 314-3<\/p>\n
Fastest T20 international century: 34 balls<\/p>\n
Fastest T20 international half-century: Nine balls<\/p>\n
Most sixes in an innings: 26<\/p>\n
Biggest winning margin by runs: 273<\/p>\n
Highest strike rate in an innings of 10 balls or more: 520<\/p>\n