Pretorius breaks Gayle’s record with unbeaten 188
Lhuan-dre Pretorius scored an unbeaten 188 in a South African domestic match to set a new record for the highest individual score in men’s Twenty20 cricket. Chris Gayle had held the mark with 175 not out in the 2013 Indian Premier League. BBC Sport and ESPNcricinfo both reported the record-breaking innings.
Why it matters
Surpassing one of T20 cricket’s longest-standing batting records establishes Pretorius’s innings as a landmark performance.
Sources
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Part of the October 3, 2026 brief.