Tim David scored 83 runs (photo: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
Australia’s all -rounder Tim David has broken the world record of Suryakumar Yadav. After the first T20 played against South Africa, this amazing achievement became his name. After what Tim David did in the first T20 played between Australia-South Africa, he not only broke Suryakumar Yadav’s record but also became the hero of Australia’s victory. Not only this, he also faced the most balls of his T20 career in an innings in this match.
Tim David played so many balls for the first time
In the first T20 against South Africa, Australia batted first and scored 178 runs in 20 overs. In this, 83 runs came out of Tim David’s bat alone. During this innings, Tim David put 12 boundaries, out of which 8 were just sixes. But despite this, he played so many balls, as much as in T20 career, never played in any inning before.
Tim David faced 52 balls in his inning. This is the first time he has played more than 50 balls. Earlier, he played the maximum 46 balls against Hong-Kong in one T20 inning in 2020.
Tim David broke Suryakumar’s world record
Now the question is, which world record has been broken by Tim David, Suryakumar Yadav? This world record is the highest strike rate in T20 International. After the first T20 played against South Africa on August 10, Tim David has now become the highest strike rate batsman. Suryakumar Yadav’s strike is 167.07 in Rate T20 International. While Tim David has a strike rate of 167.37.
Australia defeated South Africa
The target of 179 runs was in front of the South African team. But, chasing him, he could only score 161 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Australia won the match by 17 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the 3 T20 series. In the first T20 against South Africa, Tim David was selected from the Player of the Match Australia.
