Austria’s unknown player made world record while batting at number 9 in T20 International, it is difficult to believe

Highest individual scores at no.9 in men’s t20i: Sometimes there are such acts in world cricket, knowing that you are surprised. Hamid Safi of Austria has done something similar. In the match against Slovenia played on 17 May (Austria vs Slovenia, 2nd Match, Slovenia Tour of Austria 2025) Hamid Safi of Austria made the world record of making the biggest score by batting at number 9. Hamid Safi batting at number 9 in the match against Slovenia and scored an unbeaten 58 off 18 balls, it is the biggest innings record played by any batsman in T20 International. Earlier this record was in the name of Mukesh Kumar Thakur. Mukesh Kumar Thakur of Thailand scored 49 runs while batting at number 9 in the match against Indonesia in 2024.

Highest individual scores at no.9 in men’s T20i in T20I

58* (18) – Hamid Safi (Austria) vs Slovenia, 2025*
49 (25) – Mukesh Thakur (Thailand) vs Indonesia, 2024
48* (16) – Ali Nayar Switzerland vs France, 2022
47* (23) – Naseem Khushi Oman vs Canada, 2022
46 (17) – Anwar Ali Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 2015

At the same time, Hamid Safi’s 58 runs are the sixth biggest innings played in T20 cricket while batting at overall number 9. The record of playing the biggest innings at number 9 in T20 is named after Syed Sagar of Jammu and Kashmir. Syed Sagar scored 74 runs while batting at number 9 in the match against Haryana in 2013. (Highest individual scores at position 9 in t20)

Talk about the match played between Austria vs Slovenia, then the Austria team managed to win this match by 110 runs. Austria batted first and scored 223 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. After this, Slovenia’s team could only manage 113 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs.