The player scored 81 runs at a strike rate of 300, hit 8 sixes, and chased 202 runs with a record-breaking innings in ILT20.

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Matches of the T20 league ILT20 are being played in UAE. The 8th match of the tournament was played between Sharjah Warriors and Dubai Capitals on Saturday, January 18. In this match, the Sharjah team's Avishka Fernando played a record-breaking innings. While chasing the target of 202 runs, he scored 81 runs in just 27 balls at a strike rate of 300. During this, he hit 8 sixes and 6 fours. Thanks to his innings, the Sharjah team chased such a big score with 5 wickets in just 18.1 overs.

Fastest half-century in ILT20 history

Batting first, the Dubai Capitals team scored 201 runs in 20 overs. Chasing this, the Sharjah Warriors team lost their first wicket in the sixth over itself at a score of 56 runs. Johnson Charles was out after playing a stormy innings of 37 runs in 19 balls. After this, Sri Lankan batsman Avishka Fernando came to bat at number one. He started making a blast as soon as he came and scored a fifty in just 16 balls. With this, he made the record of scoring the most half-centuries in ILT20 history. Earlier this record was in the name of Pakistani player Azam Khan. He had scored a half-century in 18 balls in the last season.


However, Sharjah lost the second wicket at a score of 75 runs. England's Jason Royne was dismissed after scoring 26 runs in 24 balls. But Avishka did not stop, he continued his attack. Rohan Mustafa was supporting him from the other end. But he too was dismissed after scoring 17 runs in 16 balls. At the same time, the storm of the Sri Lankan batsman ended in the 16th over at a score of 182 runs. But Luke Wells completed the remaining task. He scored 31 runs in just 17 balls. In this way, Sharjah easily won the match with 11 balls to spare.

These records were also broken

During his innings, Avishka Fernando scored 27 runs in one over of Gulbadin Naib. With this, it became the most expensive over in the history of this tournament. During the first innings, Shai Hope from Dubai Capitals played a stormy innings of 83 runs in 52 balls, which included 6 sixes and 3 fours. With this, he broke the record of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and became the player to hit the most sixes in an innings for the Dubai team.