Baroda’s batting line-up had a field day in Indore in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as the two-time champions made a mockery of a limp Sikkim attack on Thursday, December 5. Led by Bhanu Pania’s scintillating ton, Baroda smashed the highest score in T20 cricket by a team, 349/5 as they broke Zimbabwe’s record and became the first Indian T20 side to register a 300-plus score in the shortest format of the game.
During the innings, Baroda went on a record-breaking spree as four batters notched up fifty-plus scores in an innings for the first time in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 37 sixes were the most in an innings by a team in T20 history, 15 sixes by Pania were the joint-second highest by an Indian batter in a T20 innings, 294 runs were scored by fours and sixes which is the most in a T20 innings and 300 was breached for the first time in India’s domestic T20 tournament.
Highest team score 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 team 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
Despite not having Hardik Pandya in the line-up and captain Krunal not having to bat, Baroda batters feasted on a below-par attack and launched an assault. Pania stayed unbeaten on 134 off 51 smashing 15 sixes and five fours and the likes of Abhimanyu Singh (53 off 17), Shivalik Sharma (55 off 17) and wicketkeeper-batter Vishnu Solanki (50 off 16) played their part as well to blow Sikkim out of the waters.
