Zimbabwe Crushes Gambia by 290 Runs in Historic T20 World Cup Qualifier Victory

Big win for Zimbabwe in T20 World Cup Qualifier; Gambia in shame

Zimbabwe beat Gambia by 290 runs in a T20 World Cup qualifier. Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat at the Rorka Sports Club ground. Then the cricket world was stunned. Captain Raza and his team scored 344 runs for the loss of four wickets in the allotted time. With this, Zimbabwe scored the highest score in T20Is.

In reply, Kunjan Pata restricted Gambia to just 54 runs in 14.4 overs. Andre Jaruru, who came in at the tail end, saw double figures for Gambia. The player scored 12 runs in 12 balls. No one else could do it.

Captain Sikandar Raza has been a great player for Zimbabwe. The player scored 133 runs from just 43 balls. The star’s impressive performance included 15 sixes and 7 fours at a strike rate of 309.3. The player scored a century in just 33 balls. Raza shocked the cricketing world in the T20 format without getting out.

Apart from Raza, opener Brian Bennett scored 50 runs off 26 balls while Tadiwanshe Murumani scored 62 runs including four sixes and nine fours. Clive Madande scored 53 runs off 17 balls with 5 sixes and 3 fours in the final.

Andre George took two wickets for Gambia while Bubaker Kuyate and Arjun Singh Rajpurohit took two wickets. Five of the six players who bowled for Gambia conceded more than 50 runs. Musa Jabarate conceded the most runs in four overs. The player conceded 93 runs. With this, Musa has also acquired the infamous reputation of being the greatest run-scorer in T20.

Most runs conceded in T20 by country, run, opponent, year

Musa Jorbathe – Gambia – 0/93 – Zimbabwe – 2024

Motty McKeran – Derby Share – 0/82 – Somerset – 2022

Sarman Anwar – SS – 0/81 – Lahore Lions – 2011

Content Highlights: Zimbabwe win in World Cup qualifier against Gambia