
Hazratullah Zazai and Afghanistan team broke and created several records in their 84 runs win over Ireland in the second T20I at Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium in Dehradun last night.
The Afghani opener smashed 162* runs off just 62 balls (11 fours and 16 sixes) and also helped his team to post a record total of 278/3. With this win, Afghanistan has also sealed the series with one match to go. Here is the list of all records that were created by Hazratullah Zazai and Afghanistan team.
All the major stats and facts from the second T20I between Afghanistan and Ireland in Dehradun :
3 - This was the third instance of both teams' opener putting up 100 or more runs opening stand in T20I cricket.
Openers of both teams putting up 100-run stands in T20I cricket -
132 - Martin Guptill / Colin Munro & 121 - David Warner / D'Arcy Short (AUS vs NZ at Auckland, 2018)
115 - Paul Stirling / Kevin O'Brien & 109 - George Munsey / Kyle Coetzer (IRE vs SCOT at Al Amarat, 2019)
236 - Hazratullah Zazai / Usman Ghani & 126 - Paul Stirling / Kevin O'Brien (AFG vs IRE at Dehradun, 2019)
16 - Hazratullah Zazai hit 16 sixes in his 162* runs knock off 62 balls - the most sixes in an innings in T20I cricket.
Most sixes in an innings in T20I cricket -
16 - Hazratullah Zazai vs Ireland at Dehradun, 2019
14 - Aaron Finch vs England at Southampton, 2013
13 - Richard Levi vs New Zealand at Hamilton, 2012
12 - Evin Lewis vs India at Kingston, 2017
11 - Chris Gayle vs England at Mumbai, 2016
22 - Number of sixes Afghanistan smashed in their innings - the most sixes hit by a team in a T20I inning. The previous record was held by West Indies who hit 21 sixes against India in Lauderhill in 2016 and India who also hit 21 sixes against Sri Lanka in Indore in 2017.
24 - Rashid Khan has taken 24 wickets against Ireland in T20I cricket - the most for a bowler against a single team. He went past Shahid Afridi's tally of 21 wickets against New Zealand.
Most wickets against a single team in T20I cricket -
24 - Rashid Khan vs Ireland
21 - Shahid Afridi vs New Zealand
19 - Saeed Ajmal vs Australia
19 - Shakib Al Hasan vs West Indies
18 - Thisara Perera vs Pakistan
42 - Number of balls taken by Hazratullah Zazai to bring up his hundred - the third fastest hundred in T20I cricket.
Fastest hundreds in T20I cricket (By balls) -
35 - David Miller vs Bangladesh at Potchefstroom, 2017
35 - Rohit Sharma vs Sri Lanka at Indore, 2017
42 - Hazratullah Zazai vs Ireland at Dehradun, 2019
45 - Richard Levi vs New Zealand at Hamilton, 2012
46 - Faf du Plessis vs West Indies at Johannesburg, 2015
162* - Hazratullah Zazai's score of 162* is the second highest individual score in international T20s and overall joint third highest individual score in T20s.
Highest individual scores in international T20 cricket -
172 - Aaron Finch vs Zimbabwe at Harare, 2018
162* - Hazratullah Zazai vs Ireland at Dehradun, 2019
156 - Aaron Finch vs England at Southampton, 2013
145* - Glenn Maxwell vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele, 2016
125* - Evin Lewis vs India at Kingston, 2017
Highest individual scores in T20 cricket -
175* - Chris Gayle vs Pune Warriors India at Bangalore, 2013
172 - Aaron Finch vs Zimbabwe at Harare, 2019
162* - Hamilton Masakadza vs Eagles at Bulawayo, 2016
162* - Hazratullah Zazai vs Ireland at Dehradun, 2019
161 - Adam Lyth vs Northants at Leeds, 2017
236 - The 236 runs partnership between Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani is the highest ever partnership in T20 cricket's history.
Highest partnerships in T20 cricket -
236 - Hazratullah Zazai / Usman Ghani (AFG) vs Ireland at Dehradun, 2019
229 - Virat Kohli / AB de Villiers (RCB) vs Gujarat Lions at Bangalore, 2016
223 - Aaron Finch / D'Arcy Short (AUS) vs Zimbabwe at Harare, 2019
215* - Virat Kohli / AB de Villiers (RCB) vs Mumbai Indians at Mumbai, 2015
213 - Shreyas Iyer / Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai) vs Sikkim at Indore, 2019
278/3 - Afghanistan's total of 278/3 is the highest ever total in T20 cricket.
Highest totals in T20 cricket -
278/3 - Afghanistan vs Ireland at Dehradun, 2019
263/5 - Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Pune Warriors India at Bangalore, 2013
263/3 - Australia vs Sri Lanka at Pallekele, 2016
262/4 - North West vs Limpopo at Paarl, 2018
260/6 - Sri Lanka vs Kenya at Johannesburg, 2007
