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New Delhi. Zimbabwe made 7 world records in a T20 International match. This team set one world record after another against Gambia in the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier match. Four of these records are also of India which Zimbabwe took to its name. Captain Sikandar Raza played an important role in this historic performance of Zimbabwe, who scored a century in 33 balls. Based on Sikandar's fast innings, Zimbabwe scored the highest score of 344 runs in T20 cricket. After this, this team was successful in registering the biggest win in T20. In this match played in Nairobi, only one batsman from Gambia was able to reach double figures. The team collapsed at 54 runs.

Zimbabwe scored 344 runs. This is the highest total of any team in T20 International cricket. This is the highest score of any team playing a Test in T20. Earlier this record was in the name of India. The Indian team had recently scored 297 runs in T20 against Bangladesh. Zimbabwe scored 282 runs during this time from just fours and sixes. This is also a world record. Earlier this record was also in the name of India which had scored 232 runs from boundaries against Bangladesh.

Zimbabwe hit 57 boundaries in this match.
Apart from this, Zimbabwe has become the team to hit the highest number of boundaries in the innings of a T20 match. This team hit a total of 57 boundaries in the match against Gambia. In this, Sikandar Raza alone hit 15 sixes and 7 fours. Earlier, the record for most boundaries in a T20 International match was in the name of India, which had hit 47 boundaries against Bangladesh, but now Zimbabwe has taken this record in its name. Zimbabwe's batsman hit 27 sixes against Gambia. This is also the highest in an innings of T20. Before this, Nepal had hit 26 sixes in an innings against Mongolia in the Asian Games.

Leaving Rohit-Miller behind, Sikandar became number one.
Zimbabwe's Captain Sikandar Raza scored a century in 33 balls. This is the fastest century by any player from a test-playing team in T20. Earlier this record was in the name of India's Rohit Sharma and South Africa's David Miller who had scored it in 35 balls. In this match, Zimbabwe won by a record 290 runs which is the biggest win by any team in T20 cricket. Zimbabwe has become the fastest team to score 200 runs in T20. It had scored a double century of runs in 12.5 overs. Earlier this record was in the name of South Africa. South Africa had scored a double century of runs in 13.5 overs.

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