Indian Team Celebrates Dussehra by Rewriting T20I Batting Records: Full List of Milestones

Indian batters celebrated Dussehra in style at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad as multiple records were broken on Saturday.

India vs Bangladesh: 3rd T20I – Live Score

India posted the highest T20I total by a Test-playing nation, and second best overall, as they piled up 297/6 from their 20 overs. The hosts went past Afghanistan’s 278-3 against Ireland in 2019. The Indian total is the second highest in the format after Nepal’s 314-3 against Mongolia in last year’s Asian Games in China.

Highest T20I team totals

• 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

India scored 297 runs with the help of 22 sixes and 25 fours – which is 232 runs in 47 balls alone! With means, from the remaining 73, Bangladesh just conceded 65 runs.

In fact, with the fourth instance of five bowlers conceding at least 40 runs.

Five bowlers conceding 40-plus in a T20I innings

• SL vs AUS, Pallekele, 2016
• WI vs NZ, Mount Maunganui, 2018
• SA vs AUS, Durban, 2023
• BAN vs IND, Hyderabad, 2024

It was also the highest boundary count – which is fours and sixes – as well as the most sixes in an innings of a T20I match.

Highest boundary count in a T20I innings

• 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

Most sixes in a T20I innings

• 26 – Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023
• 23 – Japan vs China, Mong Kok, 2024
• 22 – Afghanistan vs Ireland, Dehradun, 2019
• 22 – West Indies vs South Africa, Centurion, 2023
• 22 – India vs Bangladesh, Hyderabad, 2024

Sanju Samson smashed the second-fastest T20I hundred as well as the fourth-fastest century by a batter from a Test-playing nation. He reached the triple-figure mark in just 40 deliveries.

Fastest T20I hundreds (only full-member teams)

• 35 – David Miller (SA) vs BAN, Potchefstroom, 2017
• 35 – Rohit Sharma (IND) vs SL, Indore, 2017
• 39 – Johnson Charles (WI) vs SA, Centurion, 2023
• 40 – Sanju Samson (IND) vs BAN, Hyderabad, 2024
• 42 – Hazratullah Zazai (AFG) vs IRE, Dehradun, 2019
• 42 – Liam Livingstone (ENG) vs PAK, Trent Bridge, 2021

Samson also stitched a 173-run partnership with Suryakumar Yadav, who smashed 75 runs off 35 balls.

Highest 2nd-wicket partnership in T20Is

• 193 – Sybrand Engelbrecht & Michael Levitt (NED) vs NAM, Kirtipur, 2024
• 183 – Ollie Hairs & Brandon McMullen (SCOT) vs ITALY, Edinburgh, 2023
• 176 – Sanju Samson & Deepak Hooda (IND) vs IRE, Malahide, 2022
• 173 – Sanju Samson & Suryakumar Yadav (IND) vs BAN, Hyderabad, 2024
• 168 – Quinton de Kock & Rilee Rossouw (SA) vs BAN, Sydney, 2022

Highest partnerships for India in T20Is (any wicket)

• 190* – Rohit Sharma & Rinku Singh vs AFG, Bengaluru, 2024
• 176 – Sanju Samson & Deepak Hooda vs IRE, Malahide, 2022
• 173 – Sanju Samson & Suryakumar Yadav vs BAN, Hyderabad, 2024
• 165 – Rohit Sharma & KL Rahul vs SL, Indore, 2017
• 165 – Yashasvi Jaiswal & Shubman Gill vs WI, Lauderhill, 2023

Highest run-rates for a 150-plus T20I partnership

• 17.81 – 193(65) – Kushal Malla, Rohit Paudel (NEP) vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023
• 15.04 – 173(61) – Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav (IND) vs BAN, Hyderabad, 2024
• 14.75 – 182(74) – Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan (ENG) vs NZ, Napier, 2019
• 14.03 – 152(65) – Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks (SA) vs WI, Centurion, 2023
• 13.62 – 184(81) – Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips (NZ) vs WI, Mount Maunganui, 2020

(With inputs from Agencies)