In the cricket world, every day a new record is either formed or broken. But to think a day when a batsman will score a double century in the T20 format. Anyway, it seems too hard. Doesn’t it? Well, the former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh believes that there are players who are able to achieve this unbelievable record, that too, in the shortest version of the game.
Earlier, a double century in the 50-over formant also looked impossible before Sachin Tendulkar scored one in 2010. So far, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Martin Guptill, and Fakhar Zaman have scored double centuries in the 50-over format.
Talking about T20s, Chris Gayle holds the record of the highest score in the shortest format. In the Indian Premier League, he scored incredible 175* runs against now-defunct Pune Warriors. While the Australian limited-overs captain Aaron Finch holds the record for his 172-run knock against Zimbabwe in T20 international.
It’s tough but not impossible: Yuvraj Singh
The hard-hitting batsman believes that soon the cricket world will see the batsman scoring a double ton in T20 while he admitted that it a tough task but not impossible. Yuvraj stated that Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, and Rohit Sharma are the ones who have the potential to achieve this landmark.
“It (T20 double ton) is very tough I feel. But it is not impossible I would say. With the way the game of cricket is going these days, I feel nothing is impossible. So let us wait and hope for the best,” Yuvraj Singh told Sport360.
“Well, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers (South Africa) have retired from international cricket, oh wait, Gayle is still playing I forgot,” Yuvraj added.
“In my eyes, these were the two guys who could have scored a double hundred in T20I cricket. Rohit Sharma would be the third guy I can think of when it comes to a double T20 ton,” added Yuvraj Singh.
As of now, India’s opener Rohit Sharma has four T20I centuries to his name while West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle has scored two centuries. Former South Africa player AB de Villiers has not scored a century in T20 international but has four centuries to his name in T20s.