Baroda’s batting line-up had a area day in Indore within the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy because the two-time champions made a mockery of a limp Sikkim assault on Thursday, December 5. Led by Bhanu Pania’s scintillating ton, Baroda smashed the best rating in T20 cricket by a workforce, 349/5 as they broke Zimbabwe’s file and have become the primary Indian T20 facet to register a 300-plus rating within the shortest format of the sport.
Throughout the innings, Baroda went on a record-breaking spree as 4 batters notched up fifty-plus scores in an innings for the primary time within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 37 sixes had been probably the most in an innings by a workforce in T20 historical past, 15 sixes by Pania had been the joint-second highest by an Indian batter in a T20 innings, 294 runs had been scored by fours and sixes which is probably the most in a T20 innings and 300 was breached for the primary time in India’s home T20 event.
Highest workforce rating in T20 cricket
349/5 – Baroda vs Sikkim – Indore, 2024
344/4 – Zimbabwe vs Gambia – Nairobi, 2024
314/3 – Nepal vs Mongolia – Hangzhou, 2023
297/6 – India vs Bangladesh – Hyderabad, 2024
287/3 – SRH vs RCB – Bengaluru, 2024
Most sixes by a workforce in a T20 innings
37 – Baroda vs Sikkim – Indore, 2024
27 – Zimbabwe vs Gambia – Nairobi, 2024
26 – Nepal vs Mongolia – Hangzhou, 2023
23 – Japan vs China – Mong Kok, 2024
23 – India vs South Africa – Johannesburg, 2024
Most sixes by an Indian in a T20 innings
15 sixes – Bhanu Pania (134* off 51 for Baroda vs Sikkim) – Indore, 2024
17 sixes – Punit Bisht (146* off 51 for Meghalaya vs Mizoram) – Chennai, 2021
15 sixes – Shreyas Iyer (147 off 55 for Mumbai vs Sikkim) – Indore, 2019
12 sixes – Rishabh Pant (116* off 38 for Delhi vs Himachal) – Delhi, 2018
12 sixes – Urvil Patel (113* off 35 for Gujarat vs Tripura) – Indore, 2024
Regardless of not having Hardik Pandya within the line-up and captain Krunal not having to bat, Baroda batters feasted on a below-par assault and launched an assault. Pania stayed unbeaten on 134 off 51 smashing 15 sixes and 5 fours and the likes of Abhimanyu Singh (53 off 17), Shivalik Sharma (55 off 17) and wicketkeeper-batter Vishnu Solanki (50 off 16) performed their half as effectively to blow Sikkim out of the waters.