IND vs BAN: India Register Highest T20I Total by Test-Playing Nation - List of Biggest Team Scores in T20Is

An explosive maiden T20I century by Sanju Samson and quickfire fifty from skipper Suryakumar Yadav powered India to their biggest team score in T20Is during the third T20I against Bangladesh in Hyderabad on Saturday (October 12).

Samson (111 off 47 balls) and Suryakumar (75 off 35 balls) shared a 173-run stand before Hardik Pandya (47 off 18 balls) and Riyan Parag (34 off 13 balls) also joined in on the massacre to take India to 297/6 in their 20 overs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.

Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav play a big part in India scoring the highest T20I total by a Test-playing Nation

297 is the highest total posted by India in T20Is. The previous highest score in T20Is by India was 260/5 against Sri Lanka in 2017. This was also the second highest team score in T20 internationals and the highes by a Test-playing nation. Here is a look at the highest scores:

Highest Totals in T20I

314/3 - Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023
297/6 - India vs Bangladesh, Hyderabad, 2024
278/3 - Afghanistan vs Ireland, Dehradun, 2019
278/4 - Czech Republic vs Turkey, Ilfov County, 2019
268/4 - Malaysia vs Thailand, Hangzhou, 2023
267/3 - England vs West Indies, Tarouba, 2023

Opting to bat first, India lost opener Abhishek Sharma early, but the rest was history as Samson and Suryakumar took the attack to the Bangladesh bowlers, hitting regular boundaries as a total of 47 boundaries were scored in the innings.

22 sixes and 25 fours, totalling to 47 boundaries was the highest boundary count in a single T20I innings. Samson alone contributed to 19 boundaries en-route to his maiden T20I century, while his partner in crime Suryakumar smashes 13 boundaries himself.

Highest boundary count in a T20I innings (stats courtesy CricBuzz)

47 - India vs Bangladesh, Hyderabad, 2024
43 - Czech Republic vs Turkey, Ilfov County, 2019
42 - South Africa vs West Indies, Centurion, 2023
42 - India vs Sri Lanka, Indore, 2017
41 - Sri Lanka vs Kenya, Johannesburg, 2007
41 - Afghanistan vs Ireland, Dehradun, 2019

As far as the sixes record is concerned, India joined the top five with 22 maximums in the innings. 22 is the joint third highest in an innings by a team. Samson once again was the prime contributor with 8 sixes, while Suryakumar hit 5 maximums.

Hardik Pandya and Parag also hit four sixes each during their cameos as the duo put on 70-run stand in quicktime after the Samson-SKY stand came to an end midway through the 15th over.