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India Miss SL's Big Record By A Whisker


India put behind its 76-run loss to South Africa as the Suryakumar Yadav-led side beat Zimbabwe by 72 runs in their T20 World Cup match.

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Asked to bat first, India posted a whopping total of 256/4  in its second Super 8 match. In reply, Zimbabwe were restricted to 184/6. 

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Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya scored 55 and 50* respectively as India posted the second highest team total in T20 World Cup history. 

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India hit 17 sixes in the innings - one more six and they would have shattered Sri Lanka's world record of 260/6 (vs Kenya in 2007).

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This is also India's highest total in all T20 World Cups, surpassing the 218/4 they scored against England in Durban in 2007.

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India's 256/4 is also the highest total in this edition of the T20 World Cup.

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