These figures of Gambia’s Musa Jobarteh are the record for the most expensive bowling in T20 cricket.
The record of the most expensive bowling in T20 cricket was made in the match between Zimbabwe and Gambia on 23 October 2024. This was the ICC T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier match. In this match, Zimbabwe scored 344 runs for 4 wickets. This is also the highest score in T20 International matches.
Captain Sikandar Raza scored the most runs for Zimbabwe in this match. He scored 133 runs in 43 balls. In this innings, he completed a century in 33 balls. This is the second fastest century in T20 International matches. Clive Mandade scored 53 runs in 17 balls and Brian Bennett scored 50 runs in 26 balls. Musa Jobarteh was hit the most by these Zimbabwean batsmen. This right-handed fast bowler conceded 93 runs in 4 overs. His economy rate was 23.25.
If anyone would have heaved a sigh of relief from this bowling of Musa Jobarteh, it would be Sri Lanka’s Kasun Rajitha. Before Musa, Rajitha held the unwanted record of the most expensive bowling in T20 International matches. Sri Lanka’s Kasun Rajitha had conceded 75 runs in a spell of 4 overs against Australia in 2019.
