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Asian Games: Nepal smash T20I records

By Atrayo Bhattacharya

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Nepal slam a 300-plus total

Nepal's cricket team shattered records at the 2023 Asian Games (men's T20 event), scoring 314/3 against Mongolia.

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A record total; 26 sixes

Nepal surpassed Afghanistan's 278/3 against Ireland in 2019, which was the previous record in this format. Nepal smashed 26 sixes, the most by a team in a T20I innings.

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Fastest century

Kushal Malla smashed a 50-ball 137* (12 sixes and eight boundaries). He scored a 34-ball ton deliveries, now the fastest in men's T20Is.

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Fastest T20I fifty

Dipendra Singh hammered the fastest fifty in T20Is in only nine balls. Former India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh held the previous record (12 balls against England in the 2007 World Cup).

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Biggest win in T20I cricket

Nepal bundled out Mongolia for 41 and registered a 273-run victory. Notably, this is the highest margin of victory in all T20s.

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Most sixes struck in an innings

Nepal slammed 26 sixes during their journey to 314/3 in 20 overs. They have hammered the most sixes by a team in T2OIs.

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