If we consider the number of balls, it looks easy to make a double hundred in tests, a bit easy in ODI but what if someone scores 200 in the shortest format of the game?
The big man from West Indies Rahkeem Cornwall has done this amazing feat of scoring a double century in T20 Cricket. The match was played in Atlanta of America where he smashed 205 runs in just 77 deliveries. The tournament in which this batsman came with the storm is called the Atlanta Open. In the match, he completed his hundred in just 43 balls.
Cornwall is known for his power hitting and he replicated the same in the match against a team which was named Square Drive, he smashed 22 sixes and 17 fours. The batsman played for his team Atlanta fire. The news was first broken by famous Indian stats person Mohandas Menon who tweeted, “West Indian Rahkeem Cornwall, while playing for Atlanta Fire, blasted an unbeaten 205 in just 77 balls (SR 266.23) that included 22 sixes and 17 fours in an American T20 competition known as the Atlanta Open. Prize money of $75,000 is available to the winning team.”
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Rahkeem Cornwall made his test debut against India back in 2019 where he grabbed headlines for his 140KG Weight. The batsman did not play many test matches from there but he is super active in T20 Cricket.
