SportsPosted at: Oct 3 2026 3:26PM


South Africa young gun Pretorius breaks Gayle's world record T20 score

Bloemfontein, Oct 3 (UNI) South Africa batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius has hammered the highest T20 innings ever, blasting a record 188 not out for his South African domestic team in a match in Bloemfontein.
Pretorius recorded his landmark knock off just 79 balls for the Titans against the Knights in a CSA T20 Challenge fixture on Friday, launching 13 sixes ⁠and 15 fours in an incredible knock.
He passed the previous top mark of 175no by former West Indies international Chris Gayle for Royal ⁠Challengers Bangalore against the Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League in 2013.
The 20-year-old Pretorius, who played in the T20 series in Australia last year, was well on course
for the first ever double ton in the format but ran out of overs as the Titans finished their innings on 3-267.
The left-hander, who's been in form of late but has also suffered injury problems, hadn't played
a match since he scored his maiden T20I hundred, a 53-ball 101 for South Africa in a T20 ⁠international against Namibia last month.
He reached his first fifty in 24 balls, taking just 16 more balls to get to his century before moving
on to 150 off 58 deliveries.
Pretorius also tied with the Australian duo of Aaron Finch and Marcus Stoinis for the longest innings ever played in men's T20s in terms of balls faced.
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