Scotland v Australia: Australia broke the world record for the highest powerplay score in T20 International against Scotland. They achieved this feat by scoring 113/1 in the powerplay.
Travis Head's explosive half-century and Mitchell Marsh's brilliant innings from the Kangaroo team played an important role in making this special record. Australia achieved the target of 155 runs given by Scotland in just 9.4 overs and won the match by 7 wickets.
SCO vs AUS: Australia set world record in T20I
A three-match T20 series is being played between Australia and Scotland. This is the first series between the two teams, in the first T20 match of which the Kangaroo team registered a spectacular victory.
Australia's batsmen troubled Scotland's bowlers in the very first match and Australia displayed some tremendous power hitting in the T20 International match against Scotland at Grange Cricket Club in Edinburgh on Wednesday. The Kangaroo team created a new record by scoring 113/1 in the powerplay. This is the highest score ever made in the powerplay in T20I cricket.
Australia broke South Africa's world record by scoring 102 runs in the powerplay against West Indies, which they had made in 2023. But the explosive innings of Travis-Mitchell broke this record.
Australia won the first T20 match by 7 wickets
Batting first, Scotland scored 154 runs and the Australian batsmen, who came to chase the runs, batted aggressively from the start. Opener Travis Head's explosive innings surprised everyone. He completed his half-century in just 17 balls, which is now the joint-fastest half-century scored by an Australian player in T20Is.
Travis stunned the Scottish bowlers. He scored 80 runs in just 25 balls which included 12 fours and 5 sixes. His explosive innings included five fours and a six in a single over bowled by Brad Wheel.