The opening duo Zazai and Ghani created a T20I record for the highest partnership for any wicket (236) as they went past Australia duo Aaron Finch and D’Arcy Short’s previous record of 223. Afghanistan, meanwhile, also surpassed Australia (263) to become the team with most number of runs (276) in a T20I innings. Afghanistan also set a record for most number of sixes (22) in a T20I innings, going past West Indies’ 21. Afghanistan set a massive target of 279 runs for @Irelandcricket to chase in the second T20I . The Opening pair of Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani put on Afghanistan's highest partnership in T20Is as Afghanistan ended scoring the highest Team Total in T20Is #AFGvIRE pic.twitter.com/GUz5TbMGkc — Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) February 23, 2019

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 23, 2019 15:22 UTC