What is the highest team score in T20 World Cup? Check full l
4 min readFeb 8, 2026 10:10 AM The T20 World Cup 2026 tournament has been touted to witness record-breaking scores with 20 teams in contention across four groups in the first round. A few contrasting meetings are slated for the round, with teams separated more than 20 places on the ICC T20I rankings set to meet one another.
However, it will be fatal for the bigger sides to disregard what the Associate Nations could do in the tournament, as was exemplified the opening day of the tournament where both India and Pakan suffered scares during their opening Group A games against the United States of America and the Netherlands, respectively. The broadcasters had talked up a potential 300-run score from the belligerent Indian unit, only to be reduced nearly half the dogged USA bowlers, who restricted Suryakumar Yadav’s men to 161 at the Wankhede Stadium.
But huge scores could be the norm during the Indian leg of the World Cup, as was the case during the last edition held in the country in 2016 where record-breaking chases had taken place.
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What is the highest team score in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup?
Interestingly, the highest-ever team total in the T20 World Cup was etched way back in the inaugural edition of the World Cup in 2007, where Sri Lanka unleashed carnaged on Kenya at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Led Sanath Jayasuriya’s 44-ball 88, Sri Lanka racked up a whopping 260/5 before bundling the opposition for a paltry 88, winning 172 runs.
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Interestingly, high totals in excess of 200 has been few and far in between across the 10 editions of the tournament, with only 18 such scores being made to date. Five of them were recorded in the 2007 World Cup, followed four in 2016 and 2024.
Which team has scored 200-plus totals the most times in T20 World Cup?
South Africa have recorded the most 200-plus totals in T20 World Cup hory, having recorded a brilliant 206-run chase in the first-ever World Cup game against West Indies back in September 2007.
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India’s highest team total in T20 World Cup cricket is 218/4 against England at the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban, famously recalled for Yuvraj Singh’s record 12-ball fifty, including six sixes in an over against Stuart Broad. The Men in Blue have only crossed 200 on two more occasions in 2021 and 2024, with Rohit Sharma top-scoring on both occasions.
Highest team scores in T20 World Cup – Full L
Team
Score
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Sri Lanka
260/6
v Kenya
Johannesburg
14 Sep 2007
England
230/8
v South Africa
Wankhede
18 Mar 2016
South Africa
229/4
v England
Wankhede
18 Mar 2016
India
218/4
v England
Durban
19 Sep 2007
West Indies
218/5
v Afghanan
Gros Islet
17 Jun 2024
South Africa
211/5
v Scotland
The Oval
7 Jun 2009
India
210/2
v Afghanan
Abu Dhabi
3 Nov 2021
South Africa
209/5
v Afghanan
Wankhede
20 Mar 2016
South Africa
208/2
v West Indies
Johannesburg
11 Sep 2007
West Indies
205/6
v South Africa
Johannesburg
11 Sep 2007
West Indies
205/4
v Australia
Colombo (RPS)
5 Oct 2012
South Africa
205/5
v Bangladesh
Sydney
27 Oct 2022
India
205/5
v Australia
Gros Islet
24 Jun 2024
Pakan
201/5
v Bangladesh
Eden Gardens
16 Mar 2016
Australia
201/7
v England
Bridgetown
8 Jun 2024
Sri Lanka
201/6
v Netherlands
Gros Islet
16 Jun 2024
England
200/6
v India
Durban
19 Sep 2007
New Zealand
200/3
v Australia
Sydney
22 Oct 2022
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