5 Batsmen Who Can Break Aaron Finch's Highest Individual Score Of 172 In T20I
Published - 27 Feb 2020, 05:19 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:04 AM
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Australian skipper Aaron Finch is one of the most lethal opening batsmen in the world. When playing T20 cricket, he becomes all the more aggressive and not so long ago he created a world record by scoring 172 runs in a T20I match versus Zimbabwe, in 2018.
Finch’s innings was laced with 16 boundaries and 10 sixes, as he romped to his highest individual score of 172 runs in T20 cricket, in just 76 balls. The man went totally berserk, however, in T20 cricket, nothing can be taken for granted.
With so many leagues of the shorter format of the game, coming up nowadays, it’s only a matter of ‘when’ and not ‘if’ Finch’s individual score will be overtaken by someone.
Having said that, here are the five batsmen who can break Finch’s record score of 172 runs in T20Is:
David Warner
If there is one batsman who we fancy, who has the ability to overtake Finch’s insane inning of 172 runs, it’s his compatriot David Warner. To be honest, we’re still surprised how Warner’s highest individual score in T20Is is just 100*.
Nonetheless, the 33-year-old indeed has that pedigree to go one better than Finch’s record, and more so now, because ever since the ball-tampering ban, he’s become more mature.
Warner’s time away from the game taught him a lot, he doesn’t go gung-ho after every ball, but instead, he’s planning his innings smartly now. Having said that, our best bet would be Warner to smash the 172 run record in T20 cricket and overtake his opening partner for Australia.
Rohit Sharma
Indian ‘Hitman’ Rohit Sharma is as lethal a batsman as they come. He has become a master of the limited-overs ever since being promoted as an opener, which is why we fancy Rohit to overtake Finch’s 172 run stand, in T20 cricket.
Captain of the Mumbai Indians (MI), Rohit’s ability to knock the ball all over the park is second to none. The 32-year-old’s highest individual score is 118, and in that inning, he got dismissed in the 13th over. This further goes on to show that if the Indian batsman gets going once, he’s near impossible to stop.
The right-handed opener has four T20I centuries to his name so far, and we would not bet against Rohit to go on and break Aaron Finch’s 172 run record.
Quinton de Kock
South African skipper and opener Quinton de Kock too has the potential to overtake Aaron Finch’s record haul of 172 runs in T20I cricket. While his current highest individual score is 79* and de Kock hasn’t scored a single century in T20Is, the man has all the tools required to better Finch’s feat.
At 27-years-old de Kock is the youngest batsman on this list, which means he has time on his side, something which Rohit and Warner cannot boast because they are on the wrong side of their 30s.
Moreover, his strike of 136 in T20 cricket, is his best across formats, and he has six half-centuries in the shortest format of the game. While some would say that de Kock is a long shot for breaking Finch’s record, there is no doubting the ability this man possesses.
Evin Lewis
As we’re talking T20 records, no list would be complete without the mention of a West Indies player. Evin Lewis’ current highest individual record in T20Is is 125*, whilst he has an impressive strike rate of 155 in the format.
A big hitter who has two T20 international centuries to his name, both against India, Lewis automatically becomes one of the favourites to overtake Finch’s highest individual score of 172 runs. Moreover, to overtake the Aussie batsman, a player would have to hit a plethora of boundaries, and that wouldn’t be a problem for the West Indian opener.
Aged 28, Lewis also has time on his side and in the coming years, he would definitely be one of the contenders to overtake Finch’s record.
Colin Munro
The New Zealand opener has already scored three T20 centuries in his 65 caps for the Kiwis, Colin Munro is also one of the players who have the potential to break Aaron Finch’s record of 172 runs.
The 32-year-old has an individual highest score of 109*, and Munro’s strike rate in T20Is is well over 157. He is a clean striker of the ball and has been in a great form lately. The left-handed opener could very well go on to overtake Finch’s haul of 172 runs, on a good day.
Munro is strong on the leg side, he plays spin well, and his style of batting is tailor-made for T20 cricket. Combine that with the shorter boundaries of New Zealand grounds, and he will fancy his chance to have a crack at Finch’s record.
