Is it even possible? Ivory Coast's story ends in just 7 runs! Stay away from watching the match, if someone notices this scorecard on social media, his eyes will rise to the forehead.
Isle of Man and Mongolia had the lowest all outs in T20 Internationals so far. Both teams were all out for 10 runs. In February 2023, Spain put the Isle of Man in such an embarrassing situation. After a year and a half, Singapore gave this shame to Mongolia in September this year. Last night in Lagos, Nigeria surpassed all previous ones.
Ahead of the 2026 T20 World Cup, the sub-regional qualifiers of Group C of the qualifiers are now underway in Lagos. Ivory Coast played against Nigeria last night in the qualifiers. After winning the toss and batting first, Nigeria scored 271 runs for 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Chasing a mountain-equal target (272), Ivory Coast have stumbled. After playing 45 balls, the team was all out for 7 runs. Only 4 batters managed to open the account of runs. The team's opener Ouattara Mohammed scored the maximum 4 runs. Mimi Alex, Meiga Ibrahim, DJ Cloudy scored 1 run each. The remaining 6 batters called. Ladji Ezekiel, who dropped to number 10, could not open the account of runs but remained unbeaten in 2 balls.
Each of Nigeria's four bowlers picked up a wicket in a night of devastation by Ivory Coast. Isaac Danladi and Prosper Useni took 3 wickets each. Danladi cost 2 runs but Useni did not give any runs. Nigeria's Salim Salau was the man of the match. This top order scored 112 runs off 53 balls with 13 fours and 2 sixes. He is retired out.
Ivory Coast will debut in international cricket with the 2026 T20 World Cup qualifiers. So far, the African team has played two matches and lost both badly. Before yesterday, Ivory Coast lost to Sierra Leone by 168 runs.
5 matches for the lowest number of all outs in Men's T20 Internationals
run team opponent the year
7 Ivory Coast Nigeria 2024
10 Mongolia Singapore 2024
10 Isle of Man Spain 2023
12 Mongolia Japan 2024
17 Mongolia Hong Kong 2024
