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Sa vs wi t20i: It is said that cricket is a game of uncertainty, but sometimes this game writes a story that is remembered again and again. 26 March 2023, this is the date when South Africa and West Indies broke the boundaries of T20 cricket. A total of 517 runs were scored in this match played in Centurion, 81 fours and sixes were hit and the biggest target in T20 history was chased. This record is still intact today and cricket fans believe that it is almost impossible to break it.
West Indies stormy performance
In the second T20 match of the series, West Indies held a record score while batting first. The team scored 258 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. This is the biggest score of the West Indies in T20 International so far.
Johnson Charles became the hero of this match, who made a record of the fastest T20 century for the West Indies by scoring a century in just 39 balls. Charles played an explosive innings of 118 runs off 46 balls, including 10 fours and 11 sixes. Apart from them, Kyle Mayors (51 runs on 27 balls) and Romario Shepherd (41 off 18 balls) also contributed brilliantly with the bat.
This match hit a total of 35 sixes, which is the highest in any T20 International match.
South Africa’s banging chase
The target of 259 runs seemed impossible, but South Africa surprised everyone by scoring it with 7 balls remaining. In this match, opener Quinton Dickock appeared in a new avatar. He completed the fifty in just 15 balls and then hit a century off just 43 balls. Dickock’s innings had completely overturned the match. Along with him, Risa Hendrix also scored 68 runs in 28 balls. Together, both of them hit 102 runs in the powerplay, which was the new T20 record at that time.
After this, captain Eden Markram also scored 38 runs off 21 balls with his bat and brought the team to the target. This proved to be the biggest successful chase in T20 International.
South Africa and big run chase record
South Africa has become synonymous with big run chase in cricket. Whether chasing 259 runs in T20 International or a 438 -run chase (2006, against Australia) in ODIs has surprised everyone by making the impossible possible.
Will this record break?
Till date, many high-scoring matches have been seen in T20 cricket, but 517 runs, 81 fours and sixes and chase of 259 runs, this combination looks like a dream. Cricket fans believe that this record rarely breaks.