DEHRADUN (India): Hazratullah Zazai gave his hopes of a trip to the World Cup this year a huge boost with a sensational display of power-hitting against Ireland on Saturday to help Afghanistan to a record Twenty20 International total.
The opener smashed an unbeaten 162 off 62 deliveries to power Afghanistan to 278-3 in Dehradun, surpassing the previous record of 263-3 set by Australia against Sri Lanka in Pallekele in 2016.
The 20-year-old’s knock was the second highest individual innings in T20 Internationals behind Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch, who scored 172 against Zimbabwe in Harare last year.
Published in Dawn, February 25th, 2019
