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.

CPL 2025: On the day of the cricket field, there are surprising acts. A similar incident happened in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL 2025), which surprised everyone. Guyana scored 22 runs on the same ball in the match played between Amazon Warriors and St. Lucia Kings. This unique record has been recorded in the name of St. Lucia bowler Oschen Thomas.

How to score 22 runs on a ball?

The incident took place in the 15th over of the match. At that time, Romario Shepherd and Iftikhar Ahmed were batting at the crease. On the third ball of the over, Thomas first scored a no-ball, on which no runs were scored. Then he bowled the next ball wide. After this, Thomas put two more consecutive no-balls, on which Shepherd hit two magnificent sixes. Shepherd hit a six on Thomas’s next valid ball. In this way, a total of 22 runs were scored on just one ball and the audience present in the stadium was surprised.

Romario Shepherd’s Batting Right

Romario Shepherd played a brilliant innings from Guyana. He hit an unbeaten 73 off just 34 balls. Many attractive shots were seen in his innings. Apart from this, Shai Hope (23), Ben McDermot (30) and Iftikhar Ahmed (33) also contributed significantly with their batting. Warriors had scored 202 runs losing 6 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs.

St. Lucia’s banging victory

St. Lucia Kings, chasing a target of 203 runs, may have a bad start, but after that the team made a great comeback. Akim Auguste scored a half -century off just 19 balls to score the fastest Pachasa of CPL 2025. He brought the team to a strong position by scoring 73 runs. Tim CIFT also played a fiery innings with him. Finally, captain VJ gave the team win by 4 wickets with 11 balls remaining.

Benefit in points table

With this victory, St. Lucia has reached the second place in the Kings points table. At the same time, 22 runs Looted on a ball by Ocene Thomas have become a unique and memorable record of CPL history.

Fastest fifty in ipl 2025: Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Romario Shepherd has put the fastest fifty of this season. This RCB player has scored a half -century in only 14 balls. In this season of IPL, the record of Fastest Fifty was named after Rajasthan Royals player Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Vaibhav scored a half -century in 17 balls against the Gujarat Titans.

Return in match against Chennai

Romario Shepherd has put this fastest fifty against Chennai Super Kings. This half -century was held in the match between CSK and RCB at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB’s team was batting first. Bangalru’s batting stumbled after Jacob Bethal and Virat Kohli were dismissed. But then in the last two overs of the innings, Romario Shepherd returned to Bangalore’s match.

Looted runs against Khalil Ahmed

Khalil Ahmed had brought the 19th over for Chennai. In this over, Romario hit 4 sixes and 2 fours. A total of 33 runs were scored in this over of Khalil. With these runs, it proved to be the most expensive over of this IPL season. In this over, Khalil also threw a no ball.

Half -century off the last ball of the 20th over

Chennai brought the 20th over Mathisha Pathirana for Super Kings. On the first ball of this over, Tim David gave a strike to Romario by taking one run. Pathirana also scored 21 runs in this over, which hit 2 sixes and 2 fours. On the last ball of this over, Romario Shepherd completed his half -century. Shepherd has scored an unbeaten 53 runs in 14 balls in this match, in which he hit 6 sixes and 4 fours. Romario Shepherd had a strike rate of 378.57 in this match.

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