New Delhi. The European country which sports lovers know for sports like bullfighting, football, tennis and hockey has done wonders in the world of cricket. This country is none other than Spain. Spain's cricket team has made a world record of winning 14 consecutive T20 matches. It has made this record by defeating Greece.
The ICC T20 World Cup Sub Regional Europe Qualifier match was played between Spain and Greece. In this match, Greece scored 96 runs losing 9 wickets. In reply, Spain won the match by scoring 99 runs losing 3 wickets in just 13 overs. With this, the Spanish team also made the record of most consecutive wins in T20 International matches. Let us tell you that the population of Spain is less than 5 crores. If we compare, the population of at least 10 states of India is more than Spain.
Earlier, the world record of 13 consecutive wins in T20 International matches was in the name of Bermuda and Malaysia. Malaysia won 13 consecutive matches in 2022. Bermuda won 13 matches between 2021 and 2023.
Talking about the full members of ICC, India and Afghanistan have the joint record for most wins. Both India and Afghanistan have won 12 consecutive matches in T20 cricket. Afghanistan did this feat in 2018-19 and India in 2021-22. Romania's team has also won 12 consecutive T20 matches.
tag: Cricket records, Numbers Game, T20 Cricket, Team India
first published : August 27, 2024, 9:16 PM IST
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