Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com
Ivory Coast scored only seven runs in a men’s T20 international against Nigeria in Lagos.
Nigeria set a high target of 271 runs, led by Selim Salau’s impressive 112 runs off 53 balls.
Ivory Coast struggled to respond, losing by 264 runs at the Tafawa Balewa Oval.
Six players from Ivory Coast were dismissed without scoring, while Ouattara Mohamed was the top scorer with just four runs.
Mimi Alex, Maiga Ibrahim, and Dje Claude contributed one run each to the team’s total.
This score is the lowest ever recorded in men’s T20 internationals, surpassing Mongolia’s previous low of 10 runs.
It marks the first instance of a team scoring in single digits in men’s T20I history.
Nigeria’s victory margin of 264 runs is the third-largest in T20I history.
This loss is Ivory Coast’s second consecutive defeat in their World Cup qualifying group.
The record for the lowest total in T20I cricket is held by the women’s teams of Maldives and Mali, both scoring six runs in 2019.
