Rahkeem Cornwall blasts T20 double ton with 22 sixes and 17 fours in USA’s Atlanta Open
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West Indies all-rounder Rahkeem Cornwall blasted an unbeaten T20 double ton on October 5 in America’s T20 competition- Atlantic Open. With 22 sixes and 17 fours, he scored 205* runs with a whopping strike rate of 266.77 that propelled his team, Atlanta Fire, to reach a massive score of 326/1 in 20 overs. Square Drive in response could post only 154/7 and endured a 172-run defeat.
Because Atlanta Open is not a recognized tournament, Cornwall’s record will not get the chance into the history books. Chris Gayle‘s 175 runs in 2013 for the Royal Challengers Bangalore remains the highest T20 score to date. Atlanta Open has 16 teams that are divided into four groups. Prize money of $75,000 will be given to the winning team.
Watch Rahkeem Cornwall’s big hits below:
The heavy-hitting all-rounder is yet to represent his country in the white-ball format, but he has been with the national team last year in a Test match against Sri Lanka. The 29-year-old has played nine Tests for West Indies and scored 238 runs (top-score is 73) and picked up 34 wickets with a best of 7/75.
He scored 91 runs in Qualifier 1 ofthe Caribbean Premier League to steer Barbados Royals into the finals but eventually lost against the Jamaica Tallawahs. Ahead of the CPL, he called himself a 360-degree player. He said: “I think I’m strong enough down the ground or any area- [I’m] a 360 [-degree] player. So, I just have to focus on shot selection and wait till the ball is in my area to put it away.”
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