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Chris Gayle's Record Shattered! 20-Year-Old Batsman Shocks Cricket World with 188 Runs

News18•03-10-2026, 22:14

•South Africa's 20-year-old Lhuan-dre Pretorius made history in the CSA T20 Challenge tournament.
•Opening for Titans against Knights, Pretorius scored an unbeaten 188 runs off just 79 balls, setting a new record for the highest individual score in T20 history.
•Pretorius broke Chris Gayle's 13-year-old record of 175 runs, which was the highest official individual score in T20 cricket.
•The left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman smashed 15 boundaries and 13 massive sixes in his explosive innings.
•Pretorius is the first batsman to score the highest runs (188*) in the history of official T20 cricket (Domestic + International).

Lhuan-dre Pretorius broke Chris Gayle's 13-year-old record for the highest individual score in T20 cricket by smashing an unbeaten 188 runs.

Chris Gayle previously held the record with an unbeaten 175 runs scored for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Pune Warriors in a 2013 IPL match.

Pretorius scored his unbeaten 188 runs off just 79 balls with a strike rate of 237.97, hitting 15 boundaries and 13 massive sixes.