The tallest player to play international cricket till now has been Pakistan's Mohammad Irfan. But, do you know who is the tallest among the active players playing international cricket? The answer is Marco Yanson. The height of this South African all-rounder is 6 feet 10 inches. The saddle is not that much but with this height, he is the tallest among the players currently playing international cricket. Marco Jansson is currently playing in the T20 series against India. His performance in the third T20 played in Centurion was explosive. However, he lost even after winning. Now you will say that the South African team lost the match, then when did Johnson win?

Win- Fastest T20 half-century against India

In the third T20 against India, Marco Jansson wrote the script of his victory through that half-century innings which broke all records. The 6 feet 10 inches tall Yanson completed his half-century in just 16 balls, which is the fastest half-century by any batsman in T20 against Team India. And, this is Marco Yanson's victory. Marco Yanson broke Cameron Green's record of scoring the fastest half-century in T20 against India. Two years ago i.e. in the year 2022, Australia's Green had scored T20 fifty in 19 balls.

The current tallest player in international cricket in Centurion may have completed his half-century in 16 balls but his entire innings was of 17 balls. Yanson scored 54 runs in those 17 balls, which included 5 sixes and 4 fours. During this period his strike rate was 317.64.

Defeat – Half century with a strike rate of 300+ but the team still did not win.

Now Marco Jansson has sealed his personal victory by making the record of the fastest T20 half-century against India. But, along with the team's defeat, he also lost. In fact, he made such a bad record that he is the first cricketer in the world to make it. Yanson, who is the tallest, has become the first player to score a half-century at a strike rate of more than 300 in the team's defeat.