It was just a normal day for the people living in this planet until Australian batsman Aaron Finch scripted history in T20I created. The Aussie skipper already owned the world record of setting the highest individual score in the shortest format of the game. However, it took him just one inning to turn his went past his previous best and set a fresher and bigger one – 172 runs off just 76 balls.
Finch had a chance to beat or equal the all-time world record of 175* runs, scored by Chris Gayle back in IPL 2014. Unfortunately, he went on to play a wider delivery and got hit-wicket right before the conclusion of the first innings.
By the time Finch returned to the dressing room, the social media had gone berserk. The Twitterati went crazy after this marvelous innings while people from the cricket fraternity poured in wishes for the 31-year-old cricketer.
Here’re some of the reactions:
Finch batted at a strike rate of 226.32 and smashed 10 sixes and 16 boundaries. After these fireworks, the Aussies could post 229 runs on the board at a loss of 2 wickets.