India Crush UAE In Asia Cup! Here Are India’s Biggest Wins In T20I History

Aakash Saini

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Team India pulverized UAE by 93 balls remaining to start off their 2025 Men’s T20 Asia Cup campaign on a near-perfect note. The outcome marked India’s biggest, and one of the biggest win margins overall in the history of T20I cricket.

Celebrating India’s triumphant start to the decorated tournament, here is a look at instances of their three biggest win margins in T20Is, in terms of number of balls remaining.

3. India 64 balls remaining vs Bangladesh, Hangzhou 2023

The Indian team annihilated Bangladesh by nine wickets and with 64 balls remaining in the first semifinal of the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou. Left-arm spinner Sai Kishore unfurled the spell of the game with exceptional figures of 3-12 from his four overs. Fellow spin master Washington Sundar also picked up a couple of key wickets in his spell of 2-15, while premier paceman Arshdeep Singh, part-timer Tilak Varma, and spinners Ravi Bishnoi and Shahbaz Ahmed chipped in with a wicket each to restrict Bangladesh to just 96-9 in their 20 overs.

In response, India lost opener Yashavi Jaiswal for a four-ball duck in the first over of the run-chase to Ripon Mondol. His captain and opening partner Ruturaj Gaikwad, however, went on to slap 40* runs from just 26 balls with four fours and three huge sixes. Tilak Varma at number three also blasted a 26-ball 55* with two boundaries and six sixes as the duo shared an unbeaten 97-run partnership to steer India into the finals in just 9.2 overs.

2. India 81 balls remaining vs Scotland, Dubai 2021

Amidst the heartbreak of facing a potential early exit from the 2021 Men’s T20 World Cup in the UAE after sustaining defeats to Pakistan and New Zealand, the Indian team found some respite with a resounding win over Scotland in match number 37 of the tournament. Mohammed Shami (3-15) and Ravindra Jadeja (3-15) delivered identical spells while Jasprit Bumrah picked up two wickets to envelop the entire Scotland innings for just 85 in 17.4 overs.

Team India responded with a blistering 70-run opening partnership between KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma in less than five overs before the latter got trapped in front by Brad Wheal for a 16-ball 30. Rahul compiled 50 runs from just 19 balls with six fours and three huge sixes to top-score in the innings. Then captain Virat Kohli (2*) and number four Suryakumar Yadav (6*) notched up India’s winning runs together with eight wickets and 81 balls to spare.

1. India 93 balls remaining vs UAE, Dubai 2025

Team India blew away tournament hosts UAE by nine wickets and a staggering 93 balls remaining in the second match of the 2025 Men’s T20 Asia Cup. Winning the toss and bowling first at the Dubai International Stadium, Indian bowlers bundled out the entire UAE line-up for just 57 in 13.1 overs, even though the hosts raced to 26-0 at one stage well inside the powerplay. Jasprit Bumrah picked up the opening wicket, before spinners Axar Patel and Varun Chakravarthy chipped in with a wicket each.

Ace spinner Kuldeep Yadav cut through the entire UAE middle-order, picking up four wickets in his 2.1 overs at an expense of just seven overs. All-rounder Shivam Dube picked up three towards the end to claim exceptional figures of 3-4. Chasing a modest 58, Abhishek Sharma blasted 30 off 16 while fellow opener Shubman Gill compiled 20* off nine balls as the duo shared a blistering 48-run partnership in less than four overs. Gill and his skipper Suryakumar Yadav (7*) at number three notched up the winning runs for India in 4.3 overs to record the biggest T20I win for the ‘Men in Blue’.