Teams With Highest Totals Against India In T20Is

T20 cricket is widely known by us all to be the shortest form of cricket. In addition, it is well known that in the shortest form of cricket, the Indian cricket team is noted for having a very good bowling performance along with well-balanced team players.

But on some occasions, teams with aggressive batting performance have achieved high scores against the Indian team.

Teams with highest totals against India in T20Is

1. West Indies: Year 2016

The West Indies are the best team on this list because they scored 245 with 6 wickets when they batted first against India in 2016 Evin Lewis scored 100 runs out of those 245 total runs.

Moreover, apart from him, batsman Johnson Charles was able to deliver an important innings scoring 79 runs.

In reply to this score, the Indian team managed to score 244 runs losing only 4 wickets, thanks to their batsman KL Rahul who scored a century of 110 runs. Thus, the Indian team had to face defeat in this game by just 1 run.

2. South Africa: Year 2022

The South Africa cricket team holds the second position on this list. This is because, in 2022, the African side batting first against India posted a score of 227 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. This match between the two teams was played in Indore.

In this match, South African batsman Rilee Rossouw played a blistering innings of 100 runs, facing just 48 deliveries. In this very match, another batsman, Quinton de Kock, contributed 68 runs with his bat.

In response to this total, the Indian team managed to score only 178 runs. Consequently, the Indian team suffered a 49-run defeat in this match.

3. Australia: Year 2023:

The Australian cricket team occupies the third spot on this list. This is because, while playing against the Indian cricket team in 2023, the ‘Kangaroo’ team posted a score of 225 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.

Conversely, batting first in this match, the Indian team had set a total of 222 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.

To this, the Aussies replied with success, conceding just five wickets in their pursuit of the target. In this game, Glenn Maxwell delivered a fiery innings, scoring 104 runs off 48 balls. The innings had eight fours and eight sixes and the batsman had a strike rate of 216.66 through the innings.

4. Ireland: Year 2022:

The 4th-place rank next to Ireland on this list is due to having a score of 221 runs (5 wickets) batting out their innings vs India in 2022. India’s score before them was 225 runs (7 wickets).

In response to this total, the Irish team ultimately lost the match by a narrow margin of just 4 runs. In that match, Irish batsman Andrew Balbirnie scored 60 runs off 37 balls. His innings included 3 fours and 7 sixes.

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