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Test cricket is where batsmen first defend, calculate and then score runs.

One day Internationals is where batsmen look to attack, but there's a danger of being bowled out before playing full quota of 50 overs.

Twenty20 cricket is were batter don't think one bit, and smash everything from ball one. Selectors even keep those batsman away from this shortest version of international cricket who can't play innovative strokes.

If you like to hit sixes, T20 is for you.

But few batsmen have the ability to clear field at will. Chris Gayle of West Indies was the first batsman to reach three figure individual score in 20 over cricket, and we all know how good a striker of cricket ball he is. So far, only 9 batsmen have managed to make a century in twenty20 internationals. McCullum is only one to do it twice.

Record holders

Aussie Ricky Ponting's 98 not out was the highest score in first ever T20 game back in 2005 before Chris Gayle scored 117 in 2007. Since Richard Levi was unbeaten at same score in year 2012, he kind of snatched away the record after 5 long years but now just 7 months later it rests comfortably with Brendon McCullum's 123. McCullum was out last ball of the innings.

Also see : Fastest T20 century | Fastest T20 fifty | Most sixes in a T20 match

Highest Individual scores by a batsman in T20 cricket.
Batsman (Country)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Versus	Venue	Mon/Yr
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)	123	58	11	7	Bangladesh	Pallekele	21 Sep 2012
Richard Levi (SA)	117*	51	5	13	New Zealand	Hamilton	19 Feb 2012
Chris Gayle (WI)	117	57	7	10	South Africa	Jo'burg	11 Sep 2007
Brendon McCullum (NZ)	116*	56	12	8	Australia	Christchurch	28 Feb 2010
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)	104*	57	12	5	Australia	Pallekele	6 Aug 2011
Martin Guptill (New Zealand)	101*	69	9	6	South Africa	East London	23 Dec 2012
Suresh Raina (India)	101	60	9	5	South Africa	St Lucia	2 May 2010
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	100	64	10	4	Zimbabwe	Guyana	3 May 2010
Richard Berrington (Scotland)	100	58	10	5	Bangladesh	The Hague	24 Jul 2012
Luke Wright (England)	99*	55	8	6	Afghanistan	Colombo	21 Sep 2012
Alex Hales (Eng)	99	68	6	4	West Indies	Trent Bridge	24 Jun 2012
Ricky Ponting (Aus)	98*	55	8	5	New Zealand	Auckland	17 Feb 2005
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	98*	56	9	4	West Indies	Barbados	7 May 2010
Chris Gayle (WI)	98	66	5	7	India	Barbados	9 May 2010
Tillakaratane Dilshan (SL)	96*	67	12	2	West Indies	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
JP Duminy (SA)	96*	54	10	4	Zimbabwe	Kimberley	10 Oct 2010
Demien Martyn (Aus)	96	56	7	5	South Africa	Brisbane	9 Jan 2006
Loots Bosman (SA)	94	45	5	9	England	Centurion	15 Nov 2009
Martin Guptill (NZ)	91*	54	5	6	Zimbabwe	Auckland	11 Feb 2012
Brendon McCullum (NZ)	91	55	11	3	India	Chennai	11 Sep 2012
Herschelle Gibbs (SA)	90*	55	14	2	West Indies	Jo'burg	11 Sep 2007
David Warner (Aus)	90*	62	5	3	Sri Lanka	Sydney	26 Jan 2013
Graeme Smith (SA)	89*	58	11	1	Australia	Jo'burg	24 Feb 2006
Justin Kemp (SA)	89*	56	6	6	New Zealand	Durban	19 Sep 2007
David Warner (Aus)	89	43	7	6	South Africa	Melbourne	11 Jan 2009
David Hussey (Aus)	88*	44	5	6	South Africa	Jo'burg	27 Mar 2009
Hiral Patel (Canada)	88*	61	9	2	Ireland	Colombo	3 Feb 2010
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	88	44	11	4	Kenya	Jo'burg	14 Sep 2007
Chris Gayle (WI)	88	50	6	6	Australia	The Oval	6 Jun 2009
Graeme Smith (SA)	88	44	8	6	England	Centurion	15 Nov 2009
List limited to batsman with scores above 88 runs.

Note : above list is limited to batsmen who have scored more than a 88 in T20 games.. in process, batters from all main team like West Indies, India, Australia, England, South Africa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and New Zealand are included.

Record holders

Ricky Ponting with his 98 not out in that very first ever T20 internationally, against New Zealand which was then broken by Chris Gayle's 117 vs SA on 11 Sep 2007 and then equaled by Richard Levi on 19 Feb 2012.