South African teen rewrites T20 file e-book as Titans crush Knights by 124 runs
South Africa’s Lhuan-dre Pretorius smashed the best particular person rating in males’s Twenty20 cricket on Saturday, powering the Titans to a 124-run victory over the Knights within the CSA T20 Problem.
The 20-year-old opener struck an unbeaten 188 from simply 79 deliveries, launching 13 sixes and 15 fours because the Titans piled up 267-3 at Mangaung Oval.
Pretorius surpassed the earlier file of 175 set by West Indies nice Chris Gayle for Royal Challengers Bangalore in opposition to Pune Warriors within the 2013 Indian Premier League.
His exceptional innings featured relentless acceleration. Pretorius reached his half-century from 24 balls earlier than needing solely one other 16 deliveries to convey up his century. He raced to 150 in simply 58 balls and completed with a staggering strike fee of 237.97.
The efficiency was one other landmark for a participant who has already represented South Africa in 17 T20 internationals, three one-day internationals and two Exams.
With Pretorius setting the platform, the Titans produced an imposing complete earlier than their bowlers accomplished the rout. The Knights have been dismissed for 143, leaving the hosts with a complete victory.
Pretorius’s innings not solely secured the Titans a commanding win but in addition positioned his identify on the high of the boys’s T20 particular person scoring listing, eclipsing a file that had stood for greater than a decade.