A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the highest T20 standard. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket.[1][2] The first Twenty20 International match between two men's sides was played on 17 February 2005, involving Australia and New Zealand. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "neither side took the game especially seriously",[3] and it was noted by ESPNcricinfo that but for a large score for Ricky Ponting, "the concept would have shuddered".[4] However, Ponting himself said "if it does become an international game then I'm sure the novelty won't be there all the time".[5]
This is a list of India Cricket team's Twenty20 International records. It is based on the List of Twenty20 International records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the Indian cricket team. India played its first Twenty20 game against South Africa in December 2006, and these records date from that game.
Key
The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties, all round records and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for India only, and are correct as of October 2023[update].
Team records
Overall record
Head to head record
First bilateral T20I series wins
First T20I match wins
Winning every match in a Tournament
Winning every match in a series
In a bilateral series winning all matches is referred to as whitewash. Only series with more than one match are considered.
India have recorded 12 such series victories.[11]
Losing every match in a series
India have also suffered such whitewash 3 times.
Team scoring records
Most runs in an innings
The highest score for India is 260/5 scored against Sri Lanka during the Sri Lanka's tour of India in December 2017.[12]
Fewest runs in an innings
The lowest score in T20I history for India is 74 scored against Australia in the 2007-08 tour of Australia.[14]
Most runs conceded an innings
The first match of the India's tour of West Indies in 2016 against West Indies saw India concede their highest innings total of 245/6.[16]
Fewest runs conceded in an innings
Most runs aggregate in a match
Fewest runs aggregate in a match
Result records
A T20I match is won when one side has scored more runs than the runs scored by the opposing side during their innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.[21]
Greatest win margins (by runs)
Greatest win margins (by balls remaining)
The largest victory recorded by India is during the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup against Scotland when they won by 8 wickets with 81 balls remaining.[23]
Greatest win margins (by wickets)
India have won a T20I match by ten wicket margin on one occasions.[22]
Highest successful run chases
Narrowest win margins (by runs)
The narrowest run margin victory is by 1 run in T20I's with India winning such games twice.[25][26]
Narrowest win margins (by balls remaining)
The narrowest winning margin by balls remaining in T20Is is by winning of the last ball which has been achieved 26 times. India has achieve victory of the last ball on four occasions.[27]
Narrowest win margins (by wickets)
The narrowest margin of victory by wickets is 1 wicket which has settled four such T20Is. The narrowest victory by wickets for India is three wickets.[28]
Greatest loss margins (by runs)
India's biggest defeat by runs was against New Zealand in the 2019 January at Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand.[29]
Greatest loss margins (by balls remaining)
The largest defeat suffered by India was against Australia during the India's tour of Australia in 2007-08 at the MCG when they lost by 9 wickets with 52 balls remaining.[23]
Greatest loss margins (by wickets)
India have lost a T20I match by a margin of 10 wickets twice. The first instance was against Pakistan in the 2021 T20I World Cup while the second time was against England in the 2022 T20I World Cup.
Narrowest loss margins (by runs)
The narrowest loss of India in terms of runs is by 1 runs suffered twice.[30]
Narrowest loss margins (by balls remaining)
India has suffered loss off the last ball four times.[27]
Narrowest loss margins (by wickets)
India has suffered defeat by 3 wickets once.[30]
Tied matches
A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.[21]
There have been 34 ties in T20Is history with India involved in five such games.[6]
Individual records
Batting records
Most career runs
A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22 yards (20 m) of the pitch.[31] Virat Kohli from India has scored the most runs in T20Is, with 4,037, trailed by Rohit Sharma with 3,974.[32]
Fastest runs getter
Most runs in each batting position
Most runs against each team
Highest individual score
Most individual score in each batting position
| Batting position
|
Batsman
|
Score
|
Opposition
|
Ground
|
Date
|
Ref
|
| Opener
|
Shubman Gill |
126* |
 New Zealand |
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India |
1 February 2023
|
[65]
|
| Number 3
|
Suryakumar Yadav |
111* |
New Zealand |
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand |
20 November 2022
|
[66]
|
| Number 4
|
117 |
 England |
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England |
10 July 2022
|
[67]
|
| Number 5
|
Manish Pandey |
79* |
 South Africa |
SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa |
21 February 2018
|
[68]
|
| Number 6
|
Rinku Singh |
69* |
 Afghanistan |
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India |
17 January 2024
|
[69]
|
| Number 7
|
Axar Patel |
65 |
 Sri Lanka |
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India |
5 January 2023
|
[70]
|
| Number 8
|
Krunal Pandya |
26* |
New Zealand |
Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand |
10 February 2019
|
[71]
|
| Shivam Mavi |
26 |
Sri Lanka |
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India |
5 January 2023
|
| Number 9
|
Irfan Pathan |
33* |
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
10 February 2009
|
[72]
|
| Number 10
|
Umesh Yadav |
20* |
South Africa |
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, India |
4 October 2022
|
[73]
|
| Number 11
|
Ishant Sharma |
5* |
Sri Lanka |
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India |
9 December 2009
|
[74]
|
| Last Updated: 17 January 2024
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Highest score against each opponent
Highest career average
A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed.[75]
Highest average in each batting position
Most half-centuries
A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century. Virat Kohli has scored the most half-centuries in T20Is with 37.
Most centuries
A century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings. Rohit Sharma has scored the most centuries in T20Is with 5.[88]
Most Sixes
Most Fours
Highest strike rates
Highest strike rates in an inning
Yuvraj Singh during his innings of 58 of 18 balls which included six sixes in an over off Stuart Broad and is the fastest fifty ever in a Twenty20 game[93][94][95] and Dinesh Karthik with his innings of 29* off 8 balls against Bangladesh in the final of the 2018 Nidahas Trophy holds the top position for an India player in this list.[96]
Most runs in a calendar year
Suryakumar Yadav holds the record for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1,164 runs scored in 2022.[98]
Most runs in a series
The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh saw Virat Kohli set the record for the most runs scored in a single series scoring 319 runs. He is followed by Tillakaratne Dilshan with 317 runs scored in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.[100]
Most ducks
A duck refers to a batsman being dismissed without scoring a run.[102]
Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka, Pakistan's Umar Akmal and Ireland's Kevin O'Brien has scored the equal highest number of ducks in T20Is with 10 such knocks. Rohit Sharma with 7 ducks has the highest number of such knocks for India.[103]
Bowling records
Most career wickets
A bowler takes the wicket of a batsman when the form of dismissal is bowled, caught, leg before wicket, stumped or hit wicket. If the batsman is dismissed by run out, obstructing the field, handling the ball, hitting the ball twice or timed out the bowler does not receive credit.[105]
Most wickets against each team
Best figures in an innings
Bowling figures refers to the number of the wickets a bowler has taken and the number of runs conceded.[124] [125]
Most Maidens Overs
Best figures in an innings – progression of record
Best Bowling Figure against each opponent
Best career average
A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken.
Afghanistan's Rashid Khan holds the record for the best career average in T20Is with 12.62. Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer, is second behind Rashid with an overall career average of 14.42 runs per wicket. Bumrah with an average of 14.57 is the highest ranked Indian bowler.[127]
Best career economy rate
A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled.[102]
New Zealand's Daniel Vettori, holds the T20I record for the best career economy rate with 5.70. Harbhajan Singh, with a rate of 6.20 runs per over conceded over his 28-match T20I career, is the highest Indian on the list.[129]
Best career strike rate
A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken.[102]
The top bowler with the best T20I career strike rate is Rashid Khan of Afghanistan with strike rate of 12.3 balls per wicket. Ashish Nehra is the Indian bowler with the lowest strike rate.[131]
Most four-wickets (& over) hauls in an innings
Pakistan's Umar Gul has taken the most four-wickets (or over) among all the bowlers. Yuzvendra Chahal has taken three such hauls, the most for an Indian bowler.[133]
Best economy rates in an inning
The best economy rate in an inning, when a minimum of 12 balls are delivered by the bowler, is Sri Lankan player Nuwan Kulasekara economy of 0.00 during his spell of 0 runs for 1 wicket in 2 overs against Netherlands at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Bhuvneshwar Kumar holds the Indian record during his spell in 2014 ICC World Twenty20 against West Indies at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh.[135]
Best strike rates in an inning
The best strike rate in an inning, when a minimum of 4 wickets are taken by the player, is by Steve Tikolo of Kenya during his spell of 4/2 in 1.2 overs against Scotland during the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier at ICC Academy, Dubai, UAE. Chahar during his record breaking spell also recorded the best strike rate for an Indian bowler.[137]
Worst figures in an innings
Most runs conceded in a match
Most wickets in a calendar year
Most wickets in a series
Hat-trick
In cricket, a hat-trick occurs when a bowler takes three wickets with consecutive deliveries. The deliveries may be interrupted by an over bowled by another bowler from the other end of the pitch or the other team's innings, but must be three consecutive deliveries by the individual bowler in the same match. Only wickets attributed to the bowler count towards a hat-trick; run outs do not count.[143]
Wicket-keeping records
The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.[145]
Most career dismissals
A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat,[146][147] Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run.[148]
Most career catches
Most career stumpings
Dhoni also holds the record for most stumpings by a wicket-keeper.[151]
Most dismissals in an innings
Most dismissals in a series
Fielding records
Most career catches
Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.[a] The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen.[156][157]
Most catches in an innings
Most catches in a series
Other records
Most career matches
Most consecutive career matches
Most matches as captain
Most matches won as a captain
Most man of the match awards
Most man of the series awards
Youngest players on Debut
Oldest Players on Debut
Oldest Players
Partnership records
In cricket, two batsmen are always present at the crease batting together in a partnership. This partnership will continue until one of them is dismissed, retires or the innings comes to a close.
Highest partnerships by wicket
A wicket partnership describes the number of runs scored before each wicket falls. The first wicket partnership is between the opening batsmen and continues until the first wicket falls. The second wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the number three batsman. This partnership continues until the second wicket falls. The third wicket partnership then commences between the not out batsman and the new batsman. This continues down to the tenth wicket partnership. When the tenth wicket has fallen, there is no batsman left to partner so the innings is closed.
Highest partnerships by runs
Highest overall partnership runs by a pair
| Rank
|
Runs
|
Innings
|
Batsmen 1
|
Batsmen 2
|
Highest
|
Average
|
100
|
50
|
T20I career span
|
| 1
|
1,897
|
42 |
KL Rahul † |
Rohit Sharma † |
165 |
46.26 |
5 |
10 |
2016–2022
|
| 2
|
1,743
|
52 |
Shikhar Dhawan |
160 |
33.51 |
4 |
7 |
2013–2019
|
| 3
|
1,217
|
33 |
Virat Kohli † |
138 |
36.87 |
3 |
5 |
2010–2022
|
| 4
|
1,015
|
27 |
KL Rahul † |
119 |
39.03 |
2 |
6 |
2017–2022
|
| 5
|
730
|
23 |
MS Dhoni |
Yuvraj Singh |
102* |
38.42 |
1 |
5 |
2007–2017
|
| An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 11 November 2022[168]
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Australia
Bangladesh
Ireland
Pakistan
West Indies
Zimbabwe
Hong Kong
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Scotland
United Arab Emirates
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