Speaking to Harsha Bhogle, who gave him those options, at the BCCI’s annual awards ceremony on March 15 in Delhi, Sooryavanshi was certain that he wanted to top Gayle’s effort in IPL 2013 for Royal Challengers Bengaluru against Pune Warriors India, when he scored 175 not out in 66 balls. It’s still the biggest individual score in all men’s T20s, with Aaron Finch’s 172 against Zimbabwe in a T20I in Harare in 2018 the second-highest.
