At the current Asian Games cricket competition in Hangzhou, China, the Nepal men's cricket team created history by surpassing the highest-ever T20I cricket total.
- By becoming the first side to amass a 300-plus total in T20Is, Nepal broke three world records.
- Left-handed batter Kushal Malla, 19, scored the quickest T20I century in history in just 34 balls.
- Yuvraj Singh's previous record of sixteen years was broken by Dipendra Singh Airee's nine-ball fifty.
In the Asian Games 2023 match against Mongolia, Nepal's batters broke three global records, making them the first team to score over 300 runs in a T20I on Wednesday. Left-handed batsman Kushal Malla, 19, beat David Miller and Rohit Sharma's previous record by scoring the fastest-ever T20I hundred in just 34 balls.
At No. 3, Malla smashed 12 sixes and eight fours while scoring 137 runs while remaining unbeaten, leading Nepal to their highest-ever T20I total of 314 for 3 against Mongolia, who elected to field. With a nine-ball fifty that broke Yuvraj Singh's 16-year record, their No. 5 batsman Dipendra Singh Airee also changed the record books. On September 19, 2007, Yuvraj played against England in a World T20 competition, scoring 58 runs while needing 12 balls to get his fifty.
Here are the highest T20I scores:
1: Nepal: 314/4 vs. Mongolia (2023)
2: Afghanistan (278/3) vs. Ireland (2019)
3: Czech Republic: 278/4 vs. Turkey (2019)
4: Australia: 263/3 vs. Sri Lanka (2016)
5: Sri Lanka 260/6 vs. Kenya (2007)
