T20I records tumble as Afghanistan creates history by smashing highest ever total

Dehradun: Afganistan team creates history by smashing highest ever T20I score. The team was playing against Ireland in the second T20I here. In the process Afgan opener, Hazratullah Zazai played an extraordinary inning in which he scored 162 runs of just 62 balls.

Zazai in his carrier best show smashed 16 sixes and 11 fours. This is the highest number of sixes by any player in an International T20. He also becomes the second highest run scorer in T20I.

In the second T20I of the three-match series between Afganistan and Ireland, both the openers took the Irish bowlers to the cleaners. Usman Ghani who was playing an anchor role scored 73 runs off 48 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes. Afganistan in total smashed 22 sixes which also broke the record for highest number of sixes by a team in T20I.

• Afghanistan set a massive target of 279 runs for @Irelandcricket to chase in the second T20I . The Opening pair of Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani put on Afghanistan's highest partnership in T20Is as Afghanistan ended scoring the highest Team Total in T20Is #AFGvIRE pic.twitter.com/GUz5TbMGkc

  — Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) February 23, 2019 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Afghanistan set a massive target of 279 runs for @Irelandcricket to chase in the second T20I . The Opening pair of Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani put on Afghanistan's highest partnership in T20Is as Afghanistan ended scoring the highest Team Total in T20Is #AFGvIRE pic.twitter.com/GUz5TbMGkc

  — Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) February 23, 2019

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  Afghanistan set a massive target of 279 runs for @Irelandcricket to chase in the second T20I . The Opening pair of Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani put on Afghanistan's highest partnership in T20Is as Afghanistan ended scoring the highest Team Total in T20Is #AFGvIRE pic.twitter.com/GUz5TbMGkc

  — Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) February 23, 2019

Noticeably, the pair also broke the record of highest opening partnership in the shortest format of the game. Earlier this record was held by the Australian duo Darcy Short and Aaron Finch.Meanwhile, the match was a nightmare for Irish bowlers as no one could keep their economy below 10 expect Boyd Rankin who took the first wicket of Afgan's innings. Irland captain Paul Stirling bowled the worst over of the inning where he conceded 24 runs. Other than Rankin, Peter Chase and Joshua Little took one wicket each.

Here are some records that were broken in the match

Highest total in T20s - 278/3

Highest p'ship for any wkt - 236 by Zazai & Ghani

Most sixes by a team in a T20I - 22

Most sixes by a player in a T20I - 16 by Zazai

Second highest individual score in T20Is - Zazai (162*)

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