Australia set a new T20 record by scoring the highest ever powerplay score in the first T20I against Scotland in Edinburgh on Wednesday. Australian opener Tarbias Head started the innings exactly the way he should have for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2024. Keeping this explosive performance in mind, let's talk about the top 5 biggest powerplay scores in T20 history.
Australia performed brilliantly in the powerplay against Scotland. Chasing a target of 155 runs, Travis Head scored 80 runs in just 25 balls with the help of 12 fours and 5 sixes. He completed his half-century in just 17 balls, while Mitchell Marsh scored 39 runs in 12 balls. Australia stunned Scotland by scoring 113/1 in just six overs. Australia achieved the target in just 9.4 overs and won by 7 wickets with 62 balls to spare.
Chasing a mammoth target in 2023, South Africa played one of the most explosive T20 matches ever against the West Indies. Chasing 259, South Africa scored 102/0 in the six overs of the powerplay. Quinton de Kock was in a different mood, scoring 50 runs in just 15 balls and eventually scoring 100 runs in 44 balls. Reeza Hendricks scored 68 runs in 28 balls and Aiden Markram scored 38* in 21 balls to guide the team to victory. They achieved the mammoth target in 18.5 overs and won by 6 wickets with 7 balls to spare.
In the first T20 match of 2021, West Indies scored 98/4 in just six overs against Sri Lanka. Evin Lewis and Lendl Simmons blew away the Sri Lankan bowling, Lewis scored 28 off 10 balls and Simmons scored 26 off 15 balls. Kieron Pollard scored 38 off 11 balls, including six big sixes. West Indies achieved the target of 132 runs in 13.1 overs.
In 2020, Ireland scored 93/0 in the first six overs against West Indies in the powerplay. Ireland's blistering start, thanks to brilliant scores from Paul Stirling and Kevin O'Brien, helped them post a strong 208/7. West Indies did not back down and responded with a strong powerplay of their own, reaching 60/1 in six overs, with Evin Lewis scoring 53 runs off 29 balls. Despite strong efforts from Kieron Pollard and Sherfane Rutherford, the Windies crumbled at 204/7. Ireland won the match with a thrilling 4-run victory, with Stirling scoring 95 runs off 47 balls and being named Player of the Match.
In the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, West Indies got off to a blistering start against Afghanistan and scored 92/1 in the powerplay. Johnson Charles scored 43 runs off 27 balls, while Nicholas Pooran also played a brilliant innings of 98 runs off 53 balls. Afghanistan bowlers were given a tough fight by Fazalhaq Farooqui and Azmatullah Umarzai. With such a great start, the Windies piled up runs and scored a huge score of 218/5. In response, the Afghanistan team collapsed for just 114 runs in 16.2 overs. West Indies registered a spectacular victory by 104 runs.
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