Five Teams That Can Break Afghanistan's Record Of Highest T20I Total

Five Teams Who Can Beat Afghanistan’s Highest T20 Total Of 278; The game of cricket has always given surprises to its fans and one of the major shocks was when Afghanistan registered a massive tally of 278 runs on the board in T20I against Ireland.

Afghanistan scored 278 for the loss of three wickets from their allotted 20 overs, to register the highest-ever total in T20s. They toppled Australia’s record score of 263/3 which they achieved back in 2016 against Sri Lanka.

Hazratullah Zazai was the star with the bat for Afghanistan, as he scored 162 runs from just 62 balls. On his way to the huge score, Zazai hit 11 fours and 16 sixes. Zazai hence scored 140 runs in just boundaries alone.

Since then, a lot of teams tried hard to achieve the feat but unfortunately, failed to cross it.

Meanwhile, we figured out five teams, who can beat the score of Afghanistan soon. Here are they:

5 Teams Who Can Beat Afghanistan’s Highest T20 Total Of 278:

5. New Zealand:

One of the strongest teams in the world cricket at the moment New Zealand can break the record with the kind of lineup they have had. The Kiwis have a strong core of players with the right mix of senior and youth.

With Martin Guptill and Colin Munro capable of scoring runs at a thick rate and with swashbuckling players Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor and James Neesham following the duo, one can expect them to break the record in near future.

4. Australia:

Australia has two of the most destructive openers David Warner and Aaron Finch. Both of them are capable of scoring runs for fun in this format and also registered many swashbuckling knocks during their illustrious career.

All they need to break the record is a moment when both players click for the team in unison.

With the players like Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh backing the duo, it won’t be an impossible task for Australia to break the record.

3. India:

One of the best batting teams in the world cricket, Indian National Cricket Team might reach the tally in the near future. Recently, we came across their brilliant display of batting skills against West Indies where they just fell short of few runs to break the enormous tally registered by Afghanistan.

The Men in Blue have big hitters such as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul up the order and Hardik Pandya in the middle who can maintain the run rate and finishers like Shivam Dube, Rishabh Pant and Jadeja can further help them with cameos.

With the kind of lineup they have, there is no denying to the fact that they are one of the top three contenders to achieve the mark.

2. England:

England have embraced this format with gusto over the years and as such produced lots of great batsmen who seemed to really enjoy the gun-ho attitude of it all. The firepower of the lineup is such that even a swashbuckling batsman like Alex Hales was made to sit outside the team.

With Jos Buttler and Jonny Bairstow at the top and players like Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy, Joe Root and Ben Stokes backing them, it is just a matter of time for them to achieve the feat in International cricket.

1. West Indies:

Who else can be the top contenders other than West Indies when it comes to a challenge in the shorter format of the game.

All the players in the side have got the goods to deliver. They have superstars in the lineup, who can dismantle any kind of lineup on their day to make things happen.

West Indies has produced the most destructive and talented players in this era. Even the huge totals seem so easy when we look at their batting order.

Some of the players are Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Pollard, Russell, Bravo and more talented players down the order.

They are one of the most consistent sides in crossing 200- run mark on the board and it is just a matter of time for them to etch their name on the massive record.