Nepal men’s cricket team faced Mongolia on the fourth day of Asian Games 2023 Hangzhou. In the match, Mongolia won the toss and decided to bowl first. Nepal’s batsmen have got their names written on three big records of T20I cricket. For Nepal, Kushal Malla has made the record of fastest century in this match. He has scored the biggest century in T20. He completed his century in 34 balls.
Kushal Malla’s innings-
Kushal Malla played an unbeaten inning of 137 runs with 8 fours and 12 sixes in 50 balls at an excellent strike rate of 274. He has made the big records of David Miller and Rohit Sharma in his name. Earlier, Miller and Rohit Sharma held the record for the fastest century in 35 balls.
After losing the wickets of the openers early, Malla and Rohit Paudel added 193 runs in 65 balls for the third wicket. Captain Rohit Paudel played an innings of 61 runs at a strike rate of 225 with 27 hits, 2 fours and 6 sixes. He completed his half-century in 19 balls.
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Fifty up for Kushal Malla!
What an outstanding innings! He scores 53 in just 19 balls, including 3 fours and 5 sixes, with a phenomenal strike rate of 279. Keep shining, Kushal! 💥👏 #KushalMalla #NepalCricket #NEPvMON #AsianGames #AsianGames2023 pic.twitter.com/w2yKKHDENQ— ICC Asia Cricket (@ICCAsiaCricket) September 27, 2023
Highest score of T20
If we talk about innings of the match, Nepal has scored the highest score in T20I cricket. Nepal has scored a huge score of 314 runs after losing 3 wickets. Earlier, the highest score in T20I was in the name of Afghanistan team, who made a total of 278 runs against Ireland in 2019. Also, it is the first cricket team to cross the 300-run mark in T20. Nepal has won the match by 273 runs.