The important matches of T20 World Cup 2024 are now being played. The race for the semi-finals is on between the 8 teams of the tournament. Every win or loss in the match decides the fate of the teams. This tournament will be remembered for the upsets. Also, this tournament will be remembered for making records. In the match played between West Indies and America, a record was also made which has never happened in the T20 World Cup till now.
Most sixes in T20 World Cup
A total of 412 sixes have been hit in the T20 World Cup 2024 so far. Before this, so many sixes have not been hit in any T20 World Cup season. Earlier, 405 sixes were hit in the World Cup 2021, which was the highest till date. There are still 9 matches left in the tournament. That is, T20 World Cup 2024 will also be remembered for the rain of sixes.
Nicholas Pooran created history
West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran has created history by hitting 3 sixes against America. Chris Gayle holds the record for hitting the most sixes in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. Chris Gayle hit a total of 16 sixes in the World Cup 2012. With this, Nicholas Pooran has broken this record of Chris Gayle. He has hit 17 sixes so far in the current World Cup. West Indies player Marlon Samuels is also at third place in this list. Samuels hit 15 sixes in the 2012 World Cup.
West Indies is the second team to achieve this feat
West Indies won by chasing USA's target of 129 runs. The team achieved this target in just 10.5 overs. Chasing a target of more than 100 runs in the T20 World Cup, West Indies won with 55 balls to spare. It became the second team in the world to achieve a target of more than 100 runs so quickly. Earlier in the 2007 T20 World Cup, Australia defeated Sri Lanka with 58 balls to spare.
England is at the third place in the list, which achieved a target of more than 100 runs against Australia in 2007 with 50 balls to spare. Pakistan is at the fourth place in the list, which won against New Zealand in 2009 with 41 balls to spare. Scotland is at the fifth place, which won the match against Oman in the current World Cup with 41 balls to spare.