Top 5: Highest Team Totals in T20I Cricket

T20I cricket is a lot about power hitting, high strike rates, long sixes, and huge team totals.

In this article, we will talk about the top 5 highest team totals registered in T20I cricket.

5. Australia | 263/3 vs Sri Lanka, 2016

Australia scored 263/3 runs in their 20 overs against Sri Lanka in 2016 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.

Australia had rested both Aaron Finch and Steve Smith. David Warner led the team and Glenn Maxwell was given the opportunity to open the innings with him.

The power hitter went on to score 145* runs from 65 balls, a knock consisting of 14 fours and 9 sixes. He went hard against the pacers and didn’t let the spinners settle.

Travis Head who came out to bat at No. 5 also contributed 45 runs from 18 balls. Australia won the match by 85 runs with Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland picking 3 wickets each.

4. England | 267/3 vs West Indies, 2023

267/3 runs were scored by England against the West Indies in 2023 at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad.

Phil Salt scored 119 runs from 57 balls, smashing 10 sixes while captain Jos Buttler scored 55 from 29 balls and Liam Livingstone scored a quick-fire fifty from 21 balls.

England scored 68 runs in the powerplay without losing a wicket and in the last 5 overs, they smashed 75 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. England won the match by 75 runs, with Reece Topley picking up a three-wicket haul.

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3. Malaysia | 268/4 vs Thailand, 2023

In the 2023 Asian Games, Malaysia scored 268/4 runs from their 20 overs against Thailand in Hangzhou.

Syed Aziz scored 126 runs from 56 balls with the help of 9 sixes, while Muhammad Amir scored 55 runs from 25 balls and Virandeep Singh finished the innings by scoring 30 runs from 12 balls.

In response, Thailand managed to score only 74 runs. Vijay Unni, Virandeep Singh, and Ahmad Faiz picked up 2 wickets each for Malaysia.

2. Afghanistan | 278/3 vs Ireland, 2019

In 2019, Hazratullah Zazai scored 162* runs from 62 balls, a knock of 16 sixes and 11 fours taking Afghanistan’s total to 278/3.

Zazai completed his century from 42 balls and in the next 20 balls, he went on to score 62 runs. Opener Usman Ghani also contributed 73 runs from 48 balls, smashing 7 fours and 3 sixes.

Afghanistan won the match by 84 runs, Rashid Khan took 4 wickets. 

1. Nepal | 314/3 vs Mongolia, 2023

Nepal holds the record for scoring the highest team total in T20I cricket. Nepal scored 314/3 runs against Mongolia in Hangzhou in the 2023 Asian Games.

Kushal Malla scored 137 runs from 50 balls, smashing 12 sixes. Captain Rohit Paudel scored 61 runs from 27 balls with 6 sixes and Dipendra Singh scored 52 * runs from just 10 balls, making it the fastest T20I fifty.

Nepal won the match by a huge margin of 273 runs as Mongolia managed to score only 41 runs Sandeep Lamichhane, Abinash Bohara and Karan KC picked up 2 wickets each for Nepal.