Top 5 T20 Records Which May Never Get Broken

T20 Cricket has come a long way since its inception in the England domestic circuit in 2003 and its international debut, two years later.

And, in the past 16 years, we have seen a plethora of unbelievable individual and team performances that remains unlikely to be broken in the near future.

So, we at Cricket Addictor thought why not make a list of five such records which may never be broken in the future-

Here’s a look at top-5 T20 records which look unbreakable-

Highest margin of win- 257 runs by Czech Republic vs Turkey, 2019

A day after Romania broke Sri Lanka’s record highest margin of win- 172 runs vs Kenya in 2007- when they defeated Turkey by 173 runs, Czeck Republic went one step ahead and scripts a whirlwind 257-run assault on the same opposition, 24 hours later.

Czech Republic batted first and on the back of imperious knocks from Sumit Pokhriyal [79 off 52 balls] and Sudesh Wickramasekara [104* off just 36 balls], who also became the joint-fastest century-maker in T20I cricket alongside Rohit Sharma [35 balls] and David Miller [35 balls], posted the joint-highest total in T20 cricket history- 3-278.

In reply, Turkish batsmen like a pack of cards to not only suffer the ignominy of registering the lowest-ever total in T20 history but also of going down by a record margin of 257 runs- a record that looks likely to stand the test of time.

Highest individual score & Fastest Hundred- 175 by Chris Gayle vs Pune Warriors, IPL 2013

That Aaron Finch did everything in his might but still ended four runs short of becoming the highest individual run-scorer in the history of T20 cricket, speaks volumes of the magnanimity of Chris Gayle’s brutal 175 off 66 balls against Pune Warriors in the 2013 IPL.

Gayle was well and truly unleashed that day as he smoked the Pune bowlers to all corners of the ground. The “Universe Boss’ set a plethora of records during his whirlwind assault which includes most sixes in a T20 inning [17], fastest T20 hundred [30 balls], and, of course, the highest individual T20 score [175].

Gayle has since then gone on to break his own record for most sixes in an innings but the other feats-highest individual score and fastest hundred- have still gone unchallenged. And, it will take something extraordinary to break either of them.

Can Rohit Sharma do the impossible?

Fastest 50- 12 balls by Yuvraj Singh vs England, ICC T20 WC 2007

The majority of the fans remember Yuvraj Singh’s whirlwind knock against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup for his six sixes in an over against Stuart Broad but lest they forget that Yuvraj also notched up another record in his kitty that day.

Yuvraj scored his half-century in a mere 12 balls, and it is still the fastest fifty in the history of T20 cricket. Since then, a plethora of players- Shahid Afridi [12 balls], Chris Gayle [12 balls], Marcus Trescothick [13 balls]- have come close, but no one has been able to leapfrog Yuvi’s record.

Most economical spell- 4-3-1-2 by Mohammad Irfan vs St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

Mohammad Irfan is the tallest cricketer in the history of the game but that is not the only record that the seven-foot-tall fast bowler can boast of.

During the 2018 edition of the CPL, Mohammad Irfan achieved something that is unlikely to be broken in the future in T20 cricket. The left-arm seam bowler proceeded to bowl a dream spell that read: 4-3-1-2.

Irfan claimed two crucial wickets of Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis and bowled 23 consecutive dot balls before leaking a solitary single of the last ball of his quota.

How important will these two Irfan wickets be….Gayle goes first ball. #BTvSKNP #CPL18 #BiggestPartyInSport pic.twitter.com/D0dXjwoEyG

— CPL T20 (@CPL) August 25, 2018

Irfan beat the bat on 17 occasions and his economy rate at the end of his 4 overs read 0.25, which bettered the previous four-over best of 0.5 by Chris Morris and Chanaka Welegedara for Cape Cobras [in 2014] and Tamil Union [in 2015] respectively.

His economy rate of 0.25 bettered the previous four-over best of 0.5 bowled by Chris Morris for the Cape Cobras in South Africa’s Ram Slam in November 2014, and by Chanaka Welegedara for Tamil Union in Sri Lanka in April 2015.

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Maiden Super-Over- By Sunil Narine vs Red Steel, CPL 2014

This one is surely never going to be broken. In a format where bowling a maiden over in a normal 20-over match is difficult, Sunil Narine went one step ahead and proceeded to bowl six dot balls on the trot in the– hold your breath— Super-Over.

Yep, Super Over!

Narine achieved that feat during a CPL fixture against Red Steel in 2014. Entrusted with the responsibility to defend 12 runs, the off-spinner went on to bowl a maiden over against the likes of Nicholas Pooran and Ross Taylor in which he also claimed the wicket of former.

Narine finished with a wicket-maiden in the Super-Over, a feat that even Narine will find it hard to emulate again.