Bhanu Paniya smashed an unbeaten 134 off just 51 balls with 15 sixes and five fours as Baroda racked up a world record total in T20 cricket against Sikkim in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 at the Emerald High School in Indore on Thursday, December 5. (More Cricket News)
Baroda’s 349/5 surpassed the previous highest of 344/4 set by Zimbabwe against Gambia in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Sub Regional Qualifier B game.
They went past the 300-run mark in just 17.2 overs with Pania scoring a scintillating 42-ball hundred.
Baroda, who were in a do-or-die must-win situation, batted first in the absence of superstar all-rounder Hardik Pandya.
Openers Shashwat Rawat and Abhimanyusingh Rajput got them off to a perfect start, stitching up a 92-run stand in five overs.
Baroda also became the first Indian side to score 300 in a T20 game, where the last best belonged to Punjab who had notched up 275 runs against Andhra in the previous edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
