Ivolry Coast are bowled retired for 7 runs against Nigeria successful the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier.
Ivory Coast registry lowest full successful a men’s T20I aft they got bowled retired for 7 runs against Nigeria successful the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Africa Qualifier Group C match.
It was the archetypal time, erstwhile a squad was bowled retired for a single-digit total. Previously the lowest full successful the T20I format was 10 each out, which has been recorded twice: Mongolia vs Singapore successful September this twelvemonth and Isle of Man vs Spain past year.
Nigeria won the lucifer by a monolithic borderline of 264 runs, which is the 3rd biggest triumph margins successful men’s T20Is, pursuing Zimbabwe’s 290-run triumph implicit Gambia past month, and Nepal’s 273-run triumph implicit Mongolia astatine the Asian Games successful Hangzhou successful September 2023.
Batting first, Nigeria posted 271 for 4. Opener Selim Salau (112) and Sulaimon Runsewe (50 disconnected 19 balls) enactment connected 128 runs successful 10 overs. Salau’s 53-ball sound was studded with 13 boundaries and 2 sixes. Issac Okpe slammed 23-ball 65 not retired with the assistance of 3 boundaries and six maximums.
For Ivory Coast, Pamba Dimitri (1/45) and Kouakou Wilfied (1/63) chipped successful with a wicket apiece.
In reply, Ivory Coast was bundled retired for 7 runs successful 7.3 overs. Left-arm spinner Isaac Danladi and left-arm speedy Prosper Useni picked up 3 wickets each, right-arm speedy Peter Aho got two, and Sylvester Okpe got 1 shared the wickets.
For Ivory Coast, opener Ouattara Mohamed was the top-scorer with 4 from six balls.
Brief Scores
Nigeria: 271 for 4 (Salau 112, Okpe 65*, Runsewe 50, Dimitri 1-45)
Ivory Coast: 7 each out(Useni 3-0, Danladi 3-2, Aho 2-0) by 264 runs