Top 5 highest totals by India in T20I cricket

India have hit 250+ only thrice in T20I cricket.

T20I cricket is known for explosive batting display, where a batter puts the least price on his wicket compared to the other two formats. There is risk involved as a batsman, but with only 20 overs to spend your resources on, batsmen have been rewired into playing with freedom and fearlessness.

This has resulted in several scores of more than 200, even by a team like the Indian cricket team, who were generally regarded to have conservative batsmen.

The Indian cricket team are a powerhouse in international cricket. The Asian Giants are two-time ICC T20 World Cup winners. Indian cricket has seen many talented and skilled batters in this format who have thrashed great bowling attacks.

On that note, let’s take a look at the top five highest team totals of the Indian cricket team in T20I cricket.

Top five highest team totals by India in T20I cricket:

5. 244/4 vs West Indies, 2016

India’s fifth-highest T20I total came against the West Indies in Lauderhill in 2016. West Indies opener Evin Lewis played a fantastic knock of 100 runs off 49 balls, which guided his side to a massive total of 245/6.

In the chase, opener Rohit Sharma smashed 62 off 28 balls. Later, KL Rahul’s fighting knock of 110* runs went in vain as India managed to score 244/4 and lost the thrilling clash by just one run.

4. 247/9 vs England, 2025

India’s fourth-highest T20I total came against England at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai in 2025. After being asked to bat first, India started their innings in a swashbuckling manner as they registered their highest powerplay score of 96 runs. Opener Abhishek Sharma smashed a 37-ball ton and then finished at 135 off 54 deliveries to guide India to a massive total of 247/9. Apart from Abhishek Sharma, no other Indian batter managed to score over 30 runs in the innings.

3. 260/5 vs Sri Lanka, 2017

India’s third-highest total in T20Is came against Sri Lanka in 2017 in Indore. This was also the first time the Men in Blue breached the 250-run mark in the shortest format.

Batting first, Rohit Sharma smashed a brilliant century off just 35 deliveries, which is the fastest by an Indian in T20Is. He finished his innings at 118 runs off 43 balls. KL Rahul also chipped in with 89 runs. Their quickfire knocks helped India post a huge total of 260/5.

While chasing, Sri Lanka were bundled out for 172 runs and India won the game by 88 runs. Rohit was named the Player of the Match for his scintillating century.

2. 283/1 vs South Africa, 2024

India’s second-highest total in T20I cricket came against South Africa in 2024 at Johannesburg’s Wanderers Stadium. Known as one of the batting heavens, Wanderers produced an exciting clash between India and South Africa in last of the four-match series.

Batting first, India smashed 283 with help of centuries from Sanju Samson and Tilak Varma. Both of them hit their second respective hundreds of the series.

1. 297/6 vs Bangladesh, 2024

India registered their highest-ever T20I total on 12th October, 2024. They smashed 297/6 off 20 overs against Bangladesh in the third of the three-match T20I series in Hyderabad.

Riding on the back of Sanju Samson’s 47-ball 111 and Suryakumar Yadav’s 35-ball 75, India smashed the highest ever total by a test playing nation in T20 internationals.

(All stats are updated till 2nd February, 2025)

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