4 World records that were demolished in the month of February 2019

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In the month of February, the fans saw many big records getting demolished. In the month of February 2019, 3 series was played between England-West Indies ODI series, Ireland-Afghanistan T20 series and India-Australia T20 series.

So today, we will see the 4 big world records which were re-written in the month of February 2019. Let's see.

4. Virat Kohli - 2500 T20 runs in a particular stadium:

Indian captain Virat Kohli scored 72 runs off 38 balls in the 2nd match of T20 series against Australia. With this Innings, Virat became the first player to complete 2500 T20 runs in a particular stadium.

Virat has scored 2500 T20 runs in Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Apart from Virat, Rohit Sharma has scored 1699 runs at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and Gautam Gambhir has scored 1462 runs in Kolkata's Eden Gardens.

3. England and West Indies- Most Sixes in an ODI match:

In the 4th ODI between England and West Indies, England scored 418 runs and hit 24 sixes in their innings. Jos Butler smashed 150 with the help of 12 sixes alone.

In response, the West Indies almost chased the target but fell short by 29 runs to the victory. West Indies scored 22 sixes, and a total of 46 sixes were hit in that match which is a world record.

2. Afghanistan - Highest Score in T20 History:

In the 2nd T20 match of this series between Ireland and Afghanistan. The Afghan's opening batsmen Hazaratullah Zazai scored 162 off 62 balls, which is the 2nd highest individual score in T20Is history. He smashed 16 sixes, which is the most sixes hit in an innings in T20 Internationals.

In the end, Afghanistan scored 278/3, which is the highest score in T20 history. Earlier this record was named with Australia, who scored 263 runs against Sri Lanka in 2016.

1. Chris Gayle - 500 International sixes:

The Universal Boss, Chris Gayle set February 2019 on fire. The Windies explosive opening batsman scored his 500th International sixes and become the first player in the history of cricket to do this. He also left Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi behind who had scored 477 sixes.

The 39-year-old Gayle made another world record to his name, he completed 100 sixes against England in international cricket and become the first player to score 100 sixes against a particular team.