WATCH: THIS Sunrisers Hyderabad Batter Sets New World Record In Australia Win Over Scotland

Australia broke South Africa's world record of scoring the most runs in the Powerplay in a T20I match, smashing 113 runs in 6 overs against Scotland in the first T20I.

Sep 5, 2024 - 10:30

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WATCH: THIS Sunrisers Hyderabad Batter Sets New World Record In Australia Win Over Scotland

Former T20 world champions Australia made a large statement in their win over Scotland your entire way at some point of the first T20I your entire way at some point of the three-match series at the Grange Cricket Club in Edinburgh on Wednesday (September Four). On their as a consequence of scoring this seven-wicket win with sixty two balls to spare, Australia set a brand new record of smashing the foremost runs your entire way at some point of the Powerplay by a Test playing nation, scoring 113 runs for the loss of one wicket your entire way at some point of the first six overs.

Romania hold the record for scoring the very best number of runs in Powerplay – 116 runs vs Serbia in a T20I match in 2021 but Australia now hold the record among Test playing nation beating South Africa’s 102 runs vs West Indies in a T20I match in Centurion in 2021.

The architects of the carnage in Edinburgh were Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) opener Travis Head, who hammered Eighty off just 25 balls with 5 sixes and 12 fours and Australian skipper and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh, who scored 39 off 12 balls with Three sixes and 5 fours.

After Australia lost the wicket of debutant opener Jake Fraser-McGurk for a duck your entire way at some point of the opening over, chasing a hundred and fifty 5 to win, Head and Marsh hit top gear to pulverise the Scots. Marsh changed into disregarded of the first ball of the sixth over by when 113 runs were already on the board.