The Mumbai Indians (MI) player’s role behind Bhanu Pania’s stunning 51-ball 134 in Baroda’s record T20 score of 349
Earlier today, in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), Baroda shattered all records by registering the highest-ever total in T20 cricket. Baroda put up an incredible total of 349/5 in their 20 overs during a match against Sikkim, breaking Zimbabwe’s recently set record for the highest team score in a T20 innings. Zimbabwe had posted 344/4 against Gambia in October, but their record lasted just over a month.
Baroda also shattered the record for the most sixes in a T20 innings, smashing 37 maximums to surpass Zimbabwe’s 27 sixes in the same game against Gambia. Notably, this was the first-ever 300+ total in the history of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
A chief architect of this Baroda carnage was a 51-ball unbeaten 134-run knock from Bhanu Pania. Coming in to bat at No.3, Pania slammed at a blistering strike rate of 263, where he notched up 5 fours and 15 sixes to blast past his way to his century in a stunning fashion.
Bhanu Pania reveals role of Mumbai Indians (MI) star in his quickfire century
Following the stellar knock, Pania extended his gratitude to a Mumbai Indians (MI) star for his crucial contribution. The 28-year-old has now revealed that MI skipper Hardik Pandya, who is also a part of the Baroda team, gave the domestic star his own bat.
“Hardik Pandya gifted a bat to me and from that only I scored 134 runs against Sikkim today,” Pania told Insidesport.
Barring Pania, Abhimanyu Singh (53), Shivalik Sharma (55), and Vishnu Solanki (50) also hit quickfire half-centuries to propel Baroda to the massive total and eventually won the contest comfortably by a big margin of 263 runs.
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