Cricket is a game where you can predict something and that’s what happened in the ICC T20 world Cup 2016 on 18th March 2016. The occasion was South Africa vs England World T20 match when Africa score 229 runs in 20 overs which was a huge total and it looks like they will easily won the match but England chase down the target of 230 runs in 19.4 runs on the loss 8 wickets and a record created which is highest run chase in T20 World cup . Joe Roots was selected as man of the match for his brilliant innings of 83 runs on just 44 balls with 4 sixes and 6 fours.
If we look onto the overall T20 cricket than West Indies have the record of biggest run chase in a T20I match against South Africa where SA scored 231 runs and West indies won that match by scoring 236/6 runs in 19.2 overs. So here is the list of the teams who successfully chased biggest target in the T20 World Cup so far .
Successful Run Chase in ICC T20 World Cup | ||||
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Team | Against | Score | Venue | Date |
England | South Africa | 230/8 | Mumbai | 18 March 2016 |
South Africa | West Indies | 208/2 | Johannesburg | 11 Sep 2007 |
Australia | Pakistan | 197/7 | Gros Islet | 15 May 2010 |
Netherlands | Ireland | 193/4 | Sylet | 21 March 2014 |
England | Sri Lanka | 190/4 | Chittagong | 27 March 2014 |
Also Check : Leading run Scorer batsman of World Cup
You can also check same stats for all T20 international cricket matches which is given below :-
Highest Run Chase in T20 Cricket | ||||
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Chasing Team | Against | Score | Venue | Date |
West Indies | South Africa | 236/6 | Johannesburg | 11 Jan 2015 |
England | South Africa | 230/8 | Mumbai | 18 Mar 2016 |
India | Sri Lanka | 211/4 | Mohali | 12 Dec 2009 |
South Africa | West Indies | 208/2 | Johannesburg | 11 Sep 2007 |
Australia | South Africa | 205/5 | Johannesburg | 06 Mar 2016 |
New Zealand | Zimbabwe | 202/5 | Hamilton | 14 Feb 2012 |
India | Australia | 202/4 | Rajkot | 10 Oct 2013 |
Have a look : Biggest sixes of the Tournament
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