Big-hitting South African batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius set a new mark for the highest T20 score with an unbeaten 188
Proteas batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius has hammered the highest T20 innings ever, blasting a record 188 not out for his South African domestic team in a match in Bloemfontein.
Pretorius recorded his landmark knock off just 79 balls for the Titans against the Knights in a CSA T20 Challenge fixture on Friday, launching 13 sixes and 15 fours in an incredible knock.
Highest individual score (men’s T20s)
Batter
Team
Score
Opponent
Venue
Year
Lhuan-dre Pretorius
Titans
188no (79 balls)
Knights
Bloemfontein
2026
Chris Gayle
RCB
175no (66)
Pune
Bengaluru
2013
Aaron Finch
Australia
172 (76)
Zimbabwe
Harare
2018
Hamza Khan
Rwanda
164no (65)
Ivory Coast
Gaborone
2026
Karanbir Singh
Austria
164 (57)
Hungary
Szodliget
2026
He passed the previous top mark of 175no by former West Indies international Chris Gayle for Royal Challengers Bangalore against the Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League in 2013.
The 20-year-old Pretorius, who played in the T20 series in Australia last year, was well on course for the first ever double ton in the format but ran out of overs as the Titans finished their innings on 3-267.
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The left-hander, who’s been in form of late but has also suffered injury problems, hadn’t played a match since he scored his maiden T20I hundred, a 53-ball 101 for South Africa in a T20 international against Namibia last month.
He reached his first fifty in 24 balls, taking just 16 more balls to get to his century before moving on to 150 off 58 deliveries.
Pretorius also tied with the Australian duo of Aaron Finch and Marcus Stoinis for the longest innings ever played in men’s T20s in terms of balls faced.