Lhuan-dre Pretorius Highest Score in T20 Cricket: Records in cricket are meant to be broken. Chris Gayle's world record for the highest score in T20 cricket which had stood for 13 years has now been broken.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius broke the world record set by Gayle in 2013. The 20-year-old batsman achieved this feat during a domestic T20 tournament in South Africa.
On October 2, during a match between the Titans and the Knights in the CSA T20 Challenge, Lhuan-dre Pretorius played a sensational, unbeaten innings of 188 runs the highest score ever recorded by a batsman in T20 cricket.
Luan breaks Gayle's record by scoring an unbeaten 188
Luan-dre Pretorius faced 79 balls to score an unbeaten 188 runs. Played at a strike rate of 237.97, the innings included 13 sixes and 15 fours. With this knock, Luan-dre Pretorius also broke Chris Gayle's record.
Gayle set a record during an IPL 2013 match between RCB and Rising Pune Supergiant by scoring an unbeaten 175 runs off just 66 balls. Played at a strike rate of 265.15, his innings included 17 sixes and 13 fours.
In how many balls did Pretorius break Gayle's record?
The question now is: in how many balls did Luan-dre Pretorius break Chris Gayle's world record? During his explosive, unbeaten innings of 188 runs, Pretorius reached his century in 40 balls and broke the record for the highest T20 score by hitting a four off his 73rd delivery.
The impact of Luan-dre Pretorius's explosive innings
Luan-dre Pretorius, who plays for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, played the highest-scoring innings in T20 history and also notched up his third century in cricket's shortest format.
In a CSA T20 Challenge match played on October 2, Pretorius's 188-run knock helped his team, the Titans, post a total of 267 for 3 in 20 overs after batting first.
In reply, the Knights failed to even surpass the 188 runs scored by Pretorius alone, let alone the team's total. The Knights' innings folded for 143 runs in 17.2 overs, and the Titans won the match by 124 runs.
