South Africa’s Pretorius smashes Gayle’s T20 cricket record score

Lhuan-dre Pretorius, a 20-year-old South African cricketer, scored an unbeaten 188 off 79 balls in Bloemfontein, breaking Chris Gayle’s previous record of 175 in 2013. Playing for the Titans against the Knights, he opened the batting, hitting 13 sixes and 14 fours, and reached 50 in 24 balls. The Titans scored 267-3 and won by 124 runs after bowling out the Knights for 143. Pretorius also faced over 13 overs, tying the record for most balls faced in a T20 innings.