Top 5 Cricket Records Made In 2024

2024 was a great year for cricket, as emerging players and experienced professionals set new milestones in the game. Cricket Records were broken in different formats of the game, which added to the rich history of cricket. From explosive performances in T20 cricket to groundbreaking feats in Women’s Tests.

Top five cricket records that were shattered in 2024

5. Most Runs and Most Sixes in a Calendar Year in Men’s T20s

 

Nicholas Pooran, the former West Indies captain and dynamic wicketkeeper-batsman, was one of the stars in 2024. Pooran had an outstanding year and created two significant cricket records in men’s T20 cricket.

He played a total of 76 matches, which comprised T20 Internationals and T20 Leagues, and amassed a phenomenal 2331 runs. He became the first to breach the previous record of 2036 runs set by Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan in the year 2021. Pooran’s performance was marked by an incredible strike rate of 157.39, reflecting his aggressive approach to batting.

Apart from the most runs, Pooran also created a record for the most sixes hit in a calendar year in T20 cricket, with 170 sixes. This broke the previous record of 135 sixes set by Chris Gayle in 2015, cementing Pooran’s position as one of the most explosive T20 batsmen in the world.

4. Most Runs in a Calendar Year in Women’s International Cricket

 

The vice-captain of the Indian women’s cricket team, Smriti Mandhana, has finished 2024 on a high note, surpassing her best ever and writing another page in history books. In a year when the Indian opener had played 37 international matches, she had tallied up an impressive 1659 runs, making her the first female cricketer to score the most runs in a calendar year in women’s international cricket.

Her consistency across all formats was evident, with her cricket record-breaking year also seeing her break the previous record for most runs and most half-centuries in T20 cricket, thus making her one of the best in the world.

3. Highest Total in All T20 Cricket

 

For domestic T20 cricket, a major cricket record was set by Baroda’s team in 2024 when it recorded the highest total ever for T20 cricket. A match during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy produced Baroda against Sikkim and a stupendous score of 349/5 in 20 overs new benchmark for the highest team total in T20s.

This was a colossal total that left previous records shattered and marked the exceptional, explosive batting power of Baroda’s team. The match’s overall performance was highly debated amongst cricket analysts and enthusiasts who looked forward to more similar T20 matches in the future.

2. Highest Team Total in Women’s Tests

 

In women’s Test cricket, India created history by becoming the first team to score over 600 runs in a single innings. In 2024, during their only Test match of the year against South Africa in Chennai, India posted a monumental total of 603/6.

This historic inning was built on the stellar contributions of Shefali Verma, who scored a double century—205 runs—while Smriti Mandhana also played a key role, scoring 149 runs. The Indian team’s dominance with the bat was further bolstered by three other players contributing half-centuries.

The mark left a record total surpassing the previous highest team score in women’s Test cricket of 575/9, which had been achieved by Australia in the year 2023. Their achievement was not only a testament to their batting abilities but also a hall-of-fame moment in women’s cricket history.

1. India’s Unbeaten Streak to Victory in ICC Women’s T20 World Cup

 

The most memorable cricketing moment in 2024 is India’s triumph in the ICC T20 World Cup co-hosted by the USA and West Indies. It was their second win and, for the first time, a team emerged unbeaten from the tournament, the first time that has ever happened in T20 World Cup history.

India remained unbeaten during the entire tournament, winning all the league stages, semi-finals, and finals. It was a historic win as India had not won any ICC trophy in more than ten years, with their previous major victory being in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.

The Indian team has been consistent with their depth as they dominated through the 2024 T20 World Cup; it added a major accolade to the country’s cricketing legacy. The celebrations across the country were sparked by winning, as the wait for a long time became over for India and rekindled the passion of the Indian cricketing fraternity at large.

A year of Cricket Records-breaking feats

Cricket was at its peak in the year 2024, with the breaking of so many cricket records in all formats. It was not just individual brilliance, but teams also performed fantastically. Some of the feats included Nicholas Pooran’s fire-cracking knocks in T20 cricket, the first-ever win of the ICC T20 World Cup by India, and the record-breaking runs of Smriti Mandhana in women’s international cricket and Baroda’s dominating performance in domestic T20 cricket. As cricket keeps changing, the feats of 2024 will surely inspire the next generations of cricketers in the world.

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