Nepal national cricket team made a mockery of Mongolia in the first match of the men's competition at the Asian Games 2023 on Wednesday, September 27. Put into bat first in the Group A match at Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou, China, the Rhinos, the nickname of the team, ran berserk against a side entirely made up of T20I debutants.
They rode record-breaking knocks from Kushal Malla (137 not out off 50 balls) and Dipendra Singh Airee (52 off 10 not out) to post a massive total of 314/3 in 20 overs for the first-ever 300-plus score in T20I history.
They then dismissed Mongolia for 41 runs in just 13.1 overs thus registering a 273-run win -- which is also another world record. Only one Mongolian batter reached a double-digit score, 10 in 23 by Davaasuren Jamyansuren. The innings witnessed five ducks. The three-team group also has the Maldives. Nepal next face the Maldives on October 1.
T20I Records Broken Today
- Kushal Malla, a 19-year-old left-handed batter, struck the fastest-ever T20I hundred in 34 balls, eclipsing David Miller and Rohit Sharma's joint previous record (35 balls). Batting at No 3, Malla smashed 12 sixes and eight fours to remain unbeaten on 137 and power Nepal to the highest-ever T20I score of 314 for 3 against Mongolia, who opted to field.
- Their No 5 batter Dipendra Singh Airee also rewrote the record books, blasting a nine-ball fifty that bettered Yuvraj Singh's 16-year-old record. Yuvraj took 12 balls for his fifty en route to scoring 58 in the World T20 match against England on September 19, 2007.
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