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Baroda Create History! 5 Highest Team Totals In T20s

Bhargav Dixit∙ Updated: Dec 5 2024, 1:04 PM

Baroda scored 349/5 against Sikkim. [Source: @DhoniRainaTeam/X]Baroda scored 349/5 against Sikkim. [Source: @DhoniRainaTeam/X]

44 days after Zimbabwe’s record-breaking effort, Baroda have registered the highest innings total in a T20 match. Interestingly, both the batting teams dominated comparatively much weaker bowling units in their pursuit of posting the second and third instances of breaching the 300-run mark in the format.

It is worth a mention that the six out of the Top Seven T20 highest innings totals have been achieved this year. With all these seven innings totals coming in the last 15 months, it speaks a lot about the speed at which T20 batting is changing.

5. 287/3 (Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

Highest innings total in the history of the Indian Premier League, it was absolutely fitting to see it coming in a year when Sunrisers Hyderabad openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma put into effect the devil-may-care approach to revolutionize powerplay batting.

Invited to bat first by Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Faf du Plessis at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the two aforementioned left-handed batters provided a head-start on the back of a 49-ball 108-run opening stand.

While Head went on to make most of the conditions by thwacking a second T20 century, he was well-assisted by wicket-keeper batter Heinrich Klaasen’s quickfire half-century and impact-generating cameos by Aiden Markram and Abdul Samad. The biggest casualty among the opponents was pacer Reece Topley, whose bowling figures of 4-0-68-0 were the third-worst in the history of the tournament at the time.

4. 297/6 (India vs Bangladesh)

Even though without major contributions in this match, Sharma and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy are commonalities between the SRH and Indian Playing XI which posted record innings totals within months.

Winning the toss and electing to bat in a dead-rubber, India captain Suryakumar Yadav gleefully played second fiddle to wicket-keeper batter Sanju Samson as the duo’s 69-ball 173-run second-wicket partnership played a key role in the team setting Bangladesh a mammoth 298-run target in Hyderabad.

On the verge of getting dropped, Samson scored the first of his three T20I centuries within five innings to cement his spot in the Indian T20I squad.

3. 314/3 (Nepal vs Mongolia)

Arguably the biggest accomplishment for Nepal in international cricket, they executed the first T20I innings total in excess of 300 runs at the time of scoring 314/3 in 20 overs against Mongolia during an Asian Games match in Hangzhou last year.

Put in to bat first by Mongolia captain Luwsanzundui Erdenebulgan, Nepal batter Kushal Malla put on display the fastest T20I hundred with his 137* (50) also becoming the fifth-highest T20I individual score.

While captain Rohit Paudel and all-rounder Dipendra Singh Airee had contributed with individual half-centuries, the latter became part of history as his nine-ball half-century became the fastest in the format.

Nepal hitting as many as 26 sixes also broke Afghanistan’s four-year old record of hitting a maximum of 22 sixes in a T20I innings.

2. 344/4 (Zimbabwe vs Gambia)

Nepal’s record, however, didn’t even last for 13 months as Zimbabwe outscored them in an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier against Gambia in Nairobi.

Captain Sikandar Raza, who won the toss and opted to bat first, led from the front scoring 133* (43) including seven fours and 15 sixes in a splendid effort.

With the likes of Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani and Clive Madande also chipping in with individual half-centuries, Zimbabwe broke another record by hitting a total of 27 sixes in their innings. Additionally, Zimbabwe’s 290-run victory is another T20 record.

Bowling figures of 4-0-93-0 earned Gambia pacer Musa Jobarteh an infamous record of conceding most runs in a T20.

1. 349/5 (Baroda vs Sikkim) 

In addition to achieving a world record, Baroda’s real victory lies in doing it without their two international stars – captain Krunal Pandya (didn’t bat) and all-rounder Hardik Pandya (rested).

Initiated by a 31-ball 92-run opening partnership between Shashwat Rawat and Abhimanyusingh Rajput, Baroda basked in glory due to batter Bhanu Pania’s maiden T20 century. With Shivalik Sharma and Vishnu Solanki also crossing the 50-run mark individually, Baroda’s first five batters scored at a strike rate in excess of 250.

With Baroda hitting a total of 37 sixes at the Emerald Heights International School Ground today, they’ve surpassed Zimbabwe’s record by a substantial margin.

Third such instance during the ongoing season, Sikkim pacer Roshan Kumar leaking 82 runs for a couple of wickets in his four overs has seen him becoming the first bowler to concede more than 80 runs in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy contest. Readers must note only Jobarteh has conceded more runs than Kumar in this format.