In the seventh match of the GCC Women’s T20 Championship Cup 2021/22, many records of T20 International cricket were broken. This match was played between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain women’s teams on 22 March 2022 at Al Emirates Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 2) in Oman. Saudi Arabia won the toss and elected to field. Batting first, Bahrain’s team scored 318 runs for one wicket in 20 overs.
This is the highest score by any team in both men’s and women’s T20 International matches. Earlier this record was in the name of Ugandan women’s team. Uganda scored 314 for 2 in 20 overs in the match against Mali on 20 June 2019. Afghanistan holds the record for the highest score in Men’s T20 International. He scored 278 runs for 3 wickets in 20 overs against Ireland on 23 February 2019.
In the match between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Deepika Rasangika of Bahrain scored an unbeaten 161 runs. He hit 31 fours in his innings of 66 balls. Captain Tharanga Gajanayake scored 94 runs in 56 balls with the help of 17 fours. Rasangika has become the first batsman in the world to score more than 150 runs in Women’s T20 International.
Born on 13 December 1983 in Colombo, Deepika Rasangika has also played for Sri Lanka from 2008 to 2014. Prior to Rasangika, Australia’s Alyssa Healy had the record of scoring the most runs in an innings in T20 Internationals. Healy scored an unbeaten 148 in the match against Sri Lanka on 2 October 2019.
men’s t20 So far, 2 batsmen have scored more than 150 runs in international cricket. Among them, Aaron Finch of Australia is at number one and third place. Finch played an innings of 172 runs against Zimbabwe on 3 July 2018. At number two is Hazratullah Zazai of Afghanistan (162 not out, against Ireland). Finch scored 156 in the match against England at Southampton on 29 August 2013.
Chasing the target, Saudi Arabia’s team could only manage 49 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In this way he had to face defeat by 269 runs. This is the second biggest win in terms of runs in T20 Internationals (both men’s and women’s). T20 International The record for the biggest win (in terms of runs) in matches is held by the Ugandan women’s team. He had won by a margin of 304 runs against Mali in Rwanda on 20 June 2019.