Upbeat
achievements

At twenty, he just rewrote cricket's record book: 188 not out

Lhuan-dre Pretorius is twenty years old and already the most destructive T20 batter the game has seen. Playing for the Titans against the Knights in Bloemfontein, he smashed an unbeaten 188 off 79 balls — 15 fours and 13 sixes — to break Chris Gayle's 175*, a record that had stood since the 2013 IPL. His hundred came off 40 balls; the Titans piled up 267 for 3 and won by 124 runs. This is the same young man who already owns the youngest T20 international hundred for a full-member nation and the youngest Test hundred by a South African. Records in this sport are supposed to be chipped at. He took a sledgehammer to one.

The upbeat factorthe fastest hands in T20 history — and he's twenty
✓ Verified · Wisden · 2026-10-03 · South Africa
Read the full story →
Explore: Human Feats

The lift continues

sports India's women smash a record 13 sixes to defend Asian Games gold health A Pakistani telemedicine startup built by two women doctors is now a Harvard case study women Young women who built a financial tool for women won Bangladesh's Tech for Her hackathon

Enjoyed that lift? Fresh lifts around the clock →