Just three runs short of what would have been only the second instance of a team crossing the 300-run mark in a T20 match, India posted the highest score by a full member nation in the shortest format on Wednesday. T20I against Bangladesh.
Powered by a T20I century from Sanju Samson, a fifty from captain Suryakumar Yadav, and exciting cameos from Hardik Pandya and Riyan Parag, India posted 297/6 in their overs 20 in Hyderabad.
It is second only to Nepal’s 314/3 against Mongolia during last year’s Asian Games in Hangzhou. The team’s second-best T20I outing was for Afghanistan, who scored 278/3 against Ireland in 2019 at Dehradun.
Highest innings total in T20s
Although, in all T20s, Sunrisers Hyderabad took the place behind Nepal after they scored 287 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore during this year’s IPL. That was until Sunday, when Suryakumar Yadav and Co took Bangladesh’s bowling to the cleaners.
Having won the toss and elected to bat first, India lost Abhishek Sharma in the third over. Samson then combined with the captain to add 173 runs for the second wicket – India’s third-best partnership in the format.
