5 Highest individual scores in T20 internationals
T20 cricket is the shortest format of cricket where each team plays 20 overs. As the overs are limited, the batsmen tend to play fearlessly, resulting in a number of quick-paced innings.
The craze of T20 cricket first made an appearance at the inaugural T20I World Cup hosted by South Africa in 2007. The number of fans of such quickfire cricket kept increasing from thereon, which gave rise to various domestic leagues around the globe. But the international matches still receive more attention.
As T20 cricket is most suited to power hitters, the West Indians and the Australians have dominated the format. These two teams have traditionally had plenty of big hitters; in fact, the top 5 individual scores in T20Is belong to batsmen from these two sides alone.
Here’s a look at the top 5 individual scores in T20Is:
#5 Shane Watson - 124*
Shane Watson is a right-handed all-rounder, and is one of the rare players who can bowl tidily and also be explosive with the bat.
Watson is the ideal cricketer for the white-ball formats. He possesses the talent of handling both pace and spin comfortably, and can send the ball sailing into the stands with very little effort.
The Australian stalwart made his T20I debut against South Africa in 2006. His highest individual score is 124 off 71 balls with a strike rate of 174.65, which came against India. This also happens to be the fifth largest score ever in a T20I.
Watson also has had huge amount of success playing in the IPL, and has multiple IPL centuries to his name.