• By Namrata Vijay
  • Sat, 12 Oct 2024 09:31 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Highest team total in T20: Nepal has the record for registering the highest team total in the shortest format by scoring 314/3 against Mongolia last year.

The Suryakumar Yadav-led side recorded their highest team total by a full-member nation in the shortest format when they scored 297/6 against the Bangla Tigers in the third and last T20I in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Sanju Samson, who brought up his first century in the shortest format, along with Suryakumar Yadav, scored the second-fastest partnership for the second wicket of 173 runs. Samson also scripted history as he became the second fastest Indian, to have scored a hundred off 40 balls.

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List of the top 10 highest T20 scores by a team:

Nepal 314/3 vs Mongolia - 2023

India 297/6 vs Bangladesh - 2024

Afghanistan 278/3 vs Ireland - 2019

Czech Republic 278/4 vs Turkey - 2019

Malaysia 268/4 vs Thailand - 2023

England 267/3 vs West Indies - 2023

Australia 263/3 vs Sri Lanka - 2016

Sri Lanka 260/6 vs Kenya - 2007

India 260/5 vs Sri Lanka - 2017

South Africa 259/4 vs West Indies - 2023

Czech Republic 258/2 vs Bulgaria - 2022