6 of the most unwanted World T20 records

Srihari
sri lanka vs netherlands
Netherlands were bundled out for 39 against Sri Lanka

#2 Most runs conceded by a bowler in a single innings

sanath jayasuriya
Jayasuriya conceded 64 runs in his four-over spell

In the history of the World T20, only four bowlers have conceded 60 or more. And while Stuart Broad is among one of them, he isn't the bowler who has conceded the most runs. That dubious honour goes to Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya.

In the Group F game against Pakistan in the 2007 World T20, Jayasuriya finished with figures of 4-0-64-0. Pakistan were struggling at 49/3 when he came on to bowl in the ninth over and it was his spell that gave them the momentum and helped them post a massive total of 189/6.

Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq were especially hard on Jayasuriya, with all three of them hitting him for at least a six and having a strike rate in excess of 200 against him. None of his overs went for less than 12 runs and at the time, his spell was the worst bowling figures in T20I history along with James Anderson. Thankfully for him, Kyle Abbott overtook Sanath by conceding 68 runs against West Indies last year.

What made matters even worse was that not only did Jayasuriya fail with the ball but he also couldn't do anything with the bat as Pakistan won the match by a comfortable margin.

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