New Zealand beat Pakistan by 45 runs in the third T20 international. The third T20 match between Pakistan and New Zealand was played at University Oval, Dunedin, where Pakistan won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat, which proved to be wrong. New Zealand scored 224 for seven wickets in the stipulated 20 overs with the record 137 of Finn Allen, giving Pakistan a target of 225 runs to win.
Finn Allen, who scored 137 off 62 balls with 16 sixes and five fours, led New Zealand’s batting. Allen not only set many records but also led New Zealand to a three-nil decision in the five-match series.
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Finn Allen became the fifth-highest international scorer in a match and the highest scorer for New Zealand, with a score of 137. Out of 18 sixes in New Zealand’s innags, 16 sixes were of Allen. With this, he levelled the record for most sixes in T20 innings with Hazratullah Zazai of Afghanistan, who hits 16 sixes. against Ireland on February 23, 2019.
He also holds the record for the third-fastest 1000 runs in T20 international competitions, which Suryakumar Yadav topped with 573 balls, and second is Glenn Maxwell, who has completed a thousand scores in T20 internationals on 604 balls.
The opposition team also has some records to its name, including the best bowler, Haris Rauf, who played in the Twenty20 International. He became the first bowler to take 60 wickets. Who has the highest score in T20 internationals?
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