List of Twenty20 International records

This article contains records for men's Twenty20 Internationals.[1]

Lasith Malinga is the leading wicket taker in T20 Internationals, with 106 wickets.

Listing notation

Team notation

• (100/3) indicates that a team scored 100 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no overs remained (or are able) to be bowled.
• (100) indicates that a team scored 100 runs and was all out, either by losing all ten wickets or by having one or more batsmen unable to bat and losing the remaining wickets.

Batting notation

• (100*) indicates a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.
• (75) indicates that a batsman scored 75 runs and was out after that.

Bowling notation

• (5/40) indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while giving away 40 runs.
• (19.5 overs) indicates that a team bowled 19 complete overs (each of six legal deliveries), and one incomplete over of just five deliveries.

Currently playing

• Record holders who are currently playing T20Is (i.e. their record details listed could change) are shown by in career / yearly records.

Team records

Team wins, losses, ties and no results

Team	Mat	Won	Lose	Tie+W	Tie+L	NR	Win %
Afghanistan	81	55	25	1	0	0	68.51
Argentina	5	5	0	0	0	0	100.00
Australia	131	69	57	0	2	3	54.68
Austria	5	4	1	0	0	0	80.00
Bahrain	8	4	4	0	0	0	50.00
Bangladesh	96	32	62	0	0	2	34.04
Belgium	7	4	3	0	0	0	57.14
Belize	3	3	0	0	0	0	100.00
Bermuda	15	4	10	0	0	1	28.57
Bhutan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00
Botswana	7	0	7	0	0	0	0.00
Brazil	4	1	3	0	0	0	25.00
Bulgaria	10	3	6	0	0	1	33.33
Canada	31	12	17	0	1	1	41.66
Cayman Islands	6	0	6	0	0	0	0.00
Chile	4	1	3	0	0	0	25.00
Costa Rica	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.00
Czech Republic	11	6	5	0	0	0	54.54
Denmark	9	4	3	0	0	2	57.14
England	126	64	55	2	0	5	53.71
Finland	5	1	4	0	0	0	20.00
Germany	12	8	4	0	0	0	66.66
Ghana	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.00
Gibraltar	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.00
Greece	3	2	1	0	0	0	66.66
Guernsey	10	3	5	0	1	1	38.88
Hong Kong	44	16	28	0	0	0	36.36
ICC World XI	4	1	3	0	0	0	25.00
India	137	85	45	3	0	4	65.03
Iran	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.00
Ireland	98	41	48	2^	0	7	46.15
Isle of Man	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.00
Italy	8	5	2	0	0	1	71.42
Jersey	17	9	7	1	0	0	55.88
Kenya	38	15	23	0	0	0	39.47
Kuwait	15	7	6	0	2	0	53.33
Luxembourg	8	2	6	0	0	0	25.00
Malawi	7	5	1	0	0	1	83.33
Malaysia	24	13	10	0	0	1	56.52
Maldives	14	2	11	0	0	1	15.38
Malta	7	2	4	0	0	1	33.33
Mexico	8	3	5	0	0	0	37.50
Mozambique	7	1	5	0	0	1	16.66
Namibia	16	12	4	0	0	0	75.00
Nepal	34	16	17	0	0	1	48.48
Netherlands	75	39	32	0	1	3	54.86
New Zealand	137	65	60	2	6	4	51.87
Nigeria	9	2	7	0	0	0	22.22
Norway	5	0	5	0	0	0	0.00
Oman	36	16	19	0	0	1	45.71
Pakistan	160	97	58	1	2	2	62.34
Panama	3	2	1	0	0	0	66.67
Papua New Guinea	26	17	8	0	0	1	68.00
Peru	4	2	2	0	0	0	50.00
Philippines	4	1	2	0	0	1	33.33
Portugal	4	2	2	0	0	0	50.00
Qatar	22	13	7	2	0	0	63.63
Romania	8	6	2	0	0	0	75.00
Samoa	4	1	3	0	0	0	25.00
Saudi Arabia	8	4	4	0	0	0	50.00
Scotland	65	29	32	1^	0	3	47.58
Serbia	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.00
Singapore	15	9	6	0	0	0	60.00
South Africa	124	70	52	0	1	1	57.31
Spain	11	9	2	0	0	0	81.81
Sri Lanka	128	59	65	1	1	2	47.61
Thailand	8	1	7	0	0	0	12.50
Turkey	4	0	4	0	0	0	0.00
Uganda	7	3	4	0	0	0	42.85
United Arab Emirates	49	24	24	0	0	1	50.00
United States	8	2	5	0	0	1	28.57
Vanuatu	14	5	9	0	0	0	35.71
West Indies	127	54	64	2	1	6	45.86
Zimbabwe	79	18	59	2	0	0	24.05
The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win. Last updated: 22 December 2020[2] ^ On 17 June 2018, a T20I between Scotland and Ireland was ended in a tie, though no Super Over was played. It was the tenth T20I match to end in a tie, and the first since the ICC playing conditions were implemented in September 2017 not to end with a Super Over.

Result records

Highest margin of victory (by runs)

Margin	Teams	Venue	Date	Scorecard
257 runs	Czech Republic (278/4) beat  Turkey (21)	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	30 August 2019	Scorecard
173 runs	Romania (226/6) beat  Turkey (53)	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	29 August 2019	Scorecard
172 runs	Sri Lanka (260/6) beat  Kenya (88)	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	14 September 2007	Scorecard
143 runs	Pakistan (203/5) beat  West Indies (60)	National Stadium, Karachi	1 April 2018	Scorecard
	India (213/4) beat  Ireland (70)	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin (Malahide)	29 June 2018	Scorecard
Updated: 30 August 2019 [3]

Highest margin of victory (by balls remaining)

Balls Rem	Teams	Venue	Date	Scorecard
104 balls	Austria (33/0) beat  Turkey (32)	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	31 August 2019	Scorecard
101 balls	Luxembourg (29/2) beat  Turkey (28)	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	29 August 2019	Scorecard
97 balls	Namibia (50/0) beat  Botswana (46)	Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala	22 May 2019	Scorecard
93 balls	Greece (56/0) beat  Serbia (52)	Marina Ground, Corfu	15 October 2019	Scorecard
90 balls	Sri Lanka (40/1) beat  Netherlands (39)	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	24 March 2014	Scorecard
Updated: 4 November 2019 [4]

Highest margin of victory (by wickets)

22 matches have been won by chasing team with all 10 wickets remaining.[5]

Highest successful chases

Score	Target	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
245/5 (18.5 overs)	244	Australia	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	16 February 2018	Scorecard
236/6 (19.2 overs)	232	West Indies	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	11 January 2015	Scorecard
230/8 (19.4 overs)	230	England	South Africa	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	18 March 2016	Scorecard
226/5 (19.1 overs)	223	England	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	16 February 2020	Scorecard
215/5 (19.4 overs)	215	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	10 March 2018	Scorecard
Updated: 16 Feb 2020[6]

Smallest margin of victory (by runs)

Margin	Teams	Venue	Date	Scorecard
1 run	Australia (150/7) beat  New Zealand (149/5)	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	15 February 2009	Scorecard
1 run	South Africa (128/7) beat  New Zealand (127/5)	Lord's, London	9 June 2009	Scorecard
1 run ^[a]	England (202/6) beat  South Africa (127/3)	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	13 November 2009	Scorecard
1 run	New Zealand (133/7) beat  Pakistan (132/7)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	8 May 2010	Scorecard
1 run	South Africa (120/7) beat  West Indies (119/7)	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua	20 May 2010	Scorecard
1 run	Bangladesh (146/6) beat  Ireland (145/6)	Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast	20 July 2012	Scorecard
1 run	New Zealand (167/5) beat  India (166/4)	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	11 September 2012	Scorecard
1 run	India (152/6) beat  South Africa (151)	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (RPS)	2 October 2012	Scorecard
1 run	India (146/7) beat  Bangladesh (145/9)	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	23 March 2016	Scorecard
1 run	West Indies (245/6) beat  India (244/4)	Central Broward Regional Park, Florida	27 August 2016	Scorecard
1 run	Afghanistan (145/6) beat  Bangladesh (144/6)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun	7 June 2018	Scorecard
1 run	Kenya (145/6) beat  Uganda (144/9)	Lugogo Cricket Oval, Kampala	22 May 2019	Scorecard
1 run	Denmark (117) beat  Finland (116/7)	Svanholm Park, Brondby	13 July 2019	Scorecard
1 run	Ireland (186/9) beat  Scotland (185/6)	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin (Malahide)	20 September 2019	Scorecard
1 run	South Africa (177/8) beat  England (176/9)	Buffalo Park, East London	12 February 2020	Scorecard
Updated: 31 August 2019 [7] ^[a] Rain interrupted play in South Africa's innings with South Africa having scored 127/3 after 13 overs. The par score at this point was 128. Rain prevented the match from resuming and England won by 1 run.

Smallest margin of victory (by wickets)

Margin	Teams	Venue	Date	Scorecard
1 wicket	England (158/9) beat  Australia (157/4)	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	12 January 2011	Scorecard
1 wicket	Netherlands (131/9) beat  Kenya (128)	Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague	26 July 2012	Scorecard
1 wicket	Pakistan (174/9) beat  Sri Lanka (172/7)	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (RPS)	1 August 2015	Scorecard
1 wicket	Ireland (183/9) beat  Netherlands (182/9)	Al Amarat, Muscat	17 February 2019	Scorecard
Updated: 20 June 2019[8]

Smallest margin of victory (by balls remaining)

Teams batting second have won on the last ball of the match on 26 occasions.[9]

Lowest total defended successfully

Total	Defended by	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
96/9	West Indies	Ireland (85/8 in 20 overs)	Sabina Park, Kingston	21 February 2014	Scorecard
105	Zimbabwe	West Indies (79/7 in 20 overs)	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	28 February 2010	Scorecard
107/9	Ireland	Kenya (105/7 in 20 overs)	Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa	24 February 2012	Scorecard
113/6	Scotland	Kenya (78 in 18.5 overs)	Mannofield Park, Aberdeen	4 July 2013	Scorecard
113/5	West Indies	England (88 in 16.4 overs)	The Oval, London	25 September 2011	Scorecard
Qualification: Only completed innings in matches that did not have overs reduced are included. Updated: 30 August 2019[10]

Tied matches

Most consecutive wins by a team

Wins	Team	First win	Last win
12	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe at Sharjah, 5 February 2018 (Scorecard)	Bangladesh at Dhaka, 15 September 2019 (Scorecard)
11	Afghanistan	West Indies at Nagpur, 27 March 2016 (Scorecard)	Ireland at Greater Noida, 12 March 2017 (Scorecard)
10	India	West Indies at Wankhede Stadium, 11 December 2019 (Scorecard)	Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground, 6 December 2020 (Scorecard)
9	Pakistan	Zimbabwe at Harare, 4 July 2018 (Scorecard)	New Zealand at Dubai, 4 November 2018 (Scorecard)
8	England	Pakistan at Bridgetown, 6 May 2010 (Scorecard)	Australia at Adelaide, 12 January 2011 (Scorecard)
8	Ireland	Kenya at Mombasa, 22 February 2012 (Scorecard)	Afghanistan at Dubai (DSC), 24 March 2012 (Scorecard)
8	Pakistan	New Zealand at Auckland, 25 January 2018 (Scorecard)	Zimbabwe at Harare, 1 July 2018 (Scorecard)
8	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu at Port Moresby, 24 March 2019 (Scorecard)	Namibia at Dubai (GCA2), 20 October 2019 (Scorecard)
8	Malaysia	Vanuatu at Kuala Lumpur, 4 October 2019 (Scorecard)	Thailand at Bangkok, 1 March 2020 (Scorecard)
No results are treated the same as losses and ties in the above table. A no result occurs when a match is abandoned partway through, usually due to rain.Updated: 5 December 2020[11]

Most consecutive matches without victory

Defeats	Team	First defeat	Last defeat
16	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka at Providence, 3 May 2010 (Scorecard)	West Indies at North Sound, 3 March 2013 (Scorecard)
13	Zimbabwe	India at Harare, 20 June 2016 (Scorecard)	Ireland at Bready, 12 July 2019 (Scorecard)
12	Netherlands	South Africa at Cape Town, 15 September 2007 (Scorecard)	Australia at Bridgetown, 5 May 2010 (Scorecard)
9	United Arab Emirates	Sri Lanka at Dhaka, 25 February 2016 (Scorecard)	Ireland at Dubai, 18 January 2017 (Scorecard)
8	Bangladesh	Pakistan at Kolkata, 16 March 2016 (Scorecard)	Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), 4 April 2017 (Scorecard)
8	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), 6 April 2017 (Scorecard)	India at Mumbai, 24 December 2017 (Scorecard)
8*	Sri Lanka	Australia at Adelaide, 27 October 2019 (Scorecard)	West Indies at Pallekele, 6 March 2020 (Scorecard)
No results are treated the same as losses and ties in the above table. A no result occurs when a match is abandoned partway through, usually due to rain. * indicates that the sequence is ongoing Updated: 5 December 2020 [12]

Team scoring records

Highest innings totals

Score	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
278/3 (20.0 overs)	Afghanistan	Ireland	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun	23 February 2019	Scorecard
278/4 (20.0 overs)	Czech Republic	Turkey	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	30 August 2019	Scorecard
263/3 (20.0 overs)	Australia	Sri Lanka	Pallekele Stadium, Pallekele	6 September 2016	Scorecard
260/5 (20.0 overs)	India	Sri Lanka	Holkar Stadium, Indore	22 December 2017	Scorecard
260/6 (20.0 overs)	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	14 September 2007	Scorecard
Updated: 30 August 2019[13]

Highest innings total batting second

Score	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
245/5 (18.5 overs)	Australia	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	16 February 2018	Scorecard
244/4 (20.0 overs)	India	West Indies	Central Broward Regional Park, Florida	27 August 2016	Scorecard
236/6 (19.2 overs)	West Indies	South Africa	The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	11 January 2015	Scorecard
230/8 (19.4 overs)	England	South Africa	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	18 March 2016	Scorecard
226/5 (19.1 overs)	England	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	16 February 2020	Scorecard
Last updated: 27 August 2020[14]

Highest match aggregate

Score	Teams	Venue	Date	Scorecard
489/10	West Indies (245/6) v  India (244/4)	Central Broward Regional Park, Florida	27 August 2016	Scorecard
488/11	New Zealand (243/6) v  Australia (245/5)	Eden Park, Auckland	16 February 2018	Scorecard
472/9	Afghanistan (278/3) v  Ireland (194/6)	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun	23 February 2019	Scorecard
467/13	West Indies (231/7) v  England (236/6)	The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	11 January 2015	Scorecard
459/12	South Africa (229/4) v  England (230/8)	SuperSport Park, Centurion	16 February 2020	Scorecard
Last updated: 27 February 2019[15]

Lowest innings totals

Score	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
21 (8.3 overs)	Turkey	Czech Republic	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	30 August 2019	Scorecard
28 (11.3 overs)	Turkey	Luxembourg	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	29 August 2019	Scorecard
32 (8.5 overs)	Turkey	Austria	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	31 August 2019	Scorecard
39 (10.3 overs)	Netherlands	Sri Lanka	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	24 March 2014	Scorecard
45 (11.5 overs)	West Indies	England	Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre	8 March 2019	Scorecard
Updated: 31 August 2019[16] Qualification: Only completed innings in matches that did not have overs reduced are included. If the qualification is removed, there are 6 innings that have scores lower than the 21 scored by Turkey. 21 innings were 0/0 (0 overs), of which six came in matches abandoned with a toss and nine were in no results.[17] The lowest innings total that a team has scored in a loss is 29/1 by Zimbabwe. Batting second, Zimbabwe were chasing a total of 174 which was set by Sri Lanka. After 5 overs were completed in Zimbabwe's innings, rain interrupted play with Zimbabwe at 29/1. With no further play possible, the par score was calculated and Zimbabwe were adjudged to be short by 14 runs.[18] The lowest innings total that a team has scored in a win is 36/1 by New Zealand against Zimbabwe. Batting second, New Zealand were chasing a total of 85 when after 8.1 overs were completed, rain prevented any further play from occurring. The par score was calculated and New Zealand were adjudged to be ahead by 7 runs.[18] The lowest innings total that a team has scored after batting 20 overs is 66 by Cayman Islands against USA. USA went on to win the match by 9 wickets.[19]

Shortest completed innings (by balls)

Score	Balls	Team	Opponent	Venue	Date	Scorecard
21	51	Turkey	Czech Republic	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	30 August 2019	Scorecard
32	53	Turkey	Austria	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	31 August 2019	Scorecard
39	63	Netherlands	Sri Lanka	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	24 March 2014	Scorecard
64	66	Nepal	Oman	Al Amerat,, Muscat	10 October 2019	Scorecard
28	69	Turkey	Luxembourg	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	29 August 2019	Scorecard
Last updated: 20 November 2020[20]

Lowest match aggregate

Score	Teams	Venue	Date	Scorecard
57/12	Turkey (28) v  Luxembourg (29/2)	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	29 August 2019	Scorecard
65/10	Turkey (32) v  Austria (33/0)	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	31 August 2019	Scorecard
79/11	Netherlands (39) v  Sri Lanka (40/1)	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	24 March 2014	Scorecard
82/5	Philippines (46/3) v  Vanuatu (36/2)	Amini Park, Port Moresby	24 March 2019	Scorecard
84/15	Ireland (43/7) v  Bermuda (41/8)	Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast	3 August 2008	Scorecard
Last updated: 20 November 2020[21]

Most sixes in an innings

Sixes	Batting Team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
22	Afghanistan	Ireland	Dehradun	23 February 2019	Scorecard
21	West Indies	India	Lauderhill	27 August 2016	Scorecard
	India	Sri Lanka	Indore	22 December 2017	Scorecard
	Austria	Luxembourg	Ilfov County	31 August 2019	Scorecard
20	Scotland	Netherlands	Dublin (Malahide)	16 September 2019	Scorecard
Updated: 8 November 2019[22]

Most fours in an innings

Fours	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
30	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Johannesburg	14 September 2007	Scorecard
29	Sri Lanka	India	Nagpur	9 December 2009	Scorecard
	Czech Republic	Turkey	Ilfov County	30 August 2019	Scorecard
26	West Indies	South Africa	Johannesburg	11 January 2015	Scorecard
	Ireland	Scotland	Deventer	16 June 2018	Scorecard
Updated: 31 August 2019[23]

Most sixes in a match

Sixes	Teams	Venue	Date	Scorecard
32	West Indies (21) v  India (11)	Lauderhill	27 August 2016	Scorecard
	New Zealand (18) v  Australia (14)	Eden Park	16 February 2018	Scorecard
31	India (21) v  Sri Lanka (10)	Indore	22 December 2017	Scorecard
30	Ireland (11) v  Netherlands (19)	Sylhet	21 March 2014	Scorecard
	Afghanistan (22) v  Ireland (8)	Dehradun	23 February 2019	Scorecard
Updated: 23 February 2019[24]

Most fours in a match

Fours	Teams	Venue	Date	Scorecard
47	India (18) v  Sri Lanka (29)	Nagpur	9 December 2009	Scorecard
45	Ireland (22) v  Scotland (23)	Dublin (Malahide)	17 September 2019	Scorecard
44	South Africa (18) v  West Indies (26)	Johannesburg	11 January 2015	Scorecard
43	South Africa (24) v  West Indies (19)	London	13 June 2009	Scorecard
	Bangladesh (22) v  Pakistan (21)	Kandy	25 September 2012	Scorecard
	England (24) v  Australia (19)	Southampton	29 August 2013	Scorecard
	Australia (24) v  India (19)	Rajkot	10 October 2013	Scorecard
	Netherlands (23) v  Ireland (20)	Muscat	17 February 2019	Scorecard
Updated: 22 December 2017[25]

Individual records (batting)

Most career runs

Rank	Runs	Innings	Batsman	Team	T20I career span
1	2,928	79	Virat Kohli	India	2010–present
2	2,773	100	Rohit Sharma	India	2007–present
3	2,621	90	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	2006–present
4	2,335	106	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	2006–present
5	2,323	94	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	2006–present
Updated: 23 December 2020[26]

Most runs in each batting position

Batting Position	Batsman	Innings	Runs	Team	T20I Career Span	Ref
Opener	Rohit Sharma	75	2,313	India	2007–2020	[27]
Number 3	Virat Kohli	55	2,256	India	2010–2020	[28]
Number 4	Eoin Morgan	55	1,304	England	2010–2020	[29]
Number 5	Shoaib Malik	43	955	Pakistan	2007–2019	[30]
Number 6	Mahmudullah	32	670	Bangladesh	2007–2020	[31]
Number 7	Thisara Perera	28	469	Sri Lanka	2010–2018	[32]
Number 8	Mashrafe Mortaza	21	224	Bangladesh	2006–2017	[33]
Number 9	Umar Gul	18	127	Pakistan	2008–2014	[34]
Number 10	Saeed Ajmal	14	75	Pakistan	2009–2014	[35]
Number 11	Dewald Nel	5	34	Scotland	2007–2010	[36]
Last updated: 8 December 2020

Highest individual score

Runs	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
172	Aaron Finch	Australia	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	3 July 2018	Scorecard
162*	Hazratullah Zazai	Afghanistan	Ireland	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun	23 February 2019	Scorecard
156	Aaron Finch	Australia	England	Rose Bowl, Southampton	29 August 2013	Scorecard
145*	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	Sri Lanka	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele	6 September 2016	Scorecard
127*	George Munsey	Scotland	Netherlands	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin (Malahide)	16 September 2019	Scorecard
Updated: 23 February 2019[37]

Highest individual score (by batting position)

Runs	Position	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
172	Openers	Aaron Finch	Australia	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	3 July 2018	Scorecard
123	Position 3	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele	21 September 2012	Scorecard
113*	Position 4	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	India	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru	27 February 2019	Scorecard
105*	Position 5	Sivakumar Periyalwar	Romania	Turkey	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	29 August 2019	Scorecard
125*	Position 6	Shaheryar Butt	Belgium	Czech Republic	Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange	29 August 2020	Scorecard
89	Position 7	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	Ireland	Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida	12 March 2017	Scorecard
84*	Position 8	Isuru Udana	Sri Lanka	South Africa	SuperSport Park, Centurion	22 March 2019	Scorecard
46	Position 9	Anwar Ali	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (RPS)	1 August 2015	Scorecard
40	Position 10	Sompal Kami	Nepal	Hong Kong	P Sara Oval, Colombo (PSS)	24 November 2014	Scorecard
18	Position 11	Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands	Hong Kong	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	18 January 2017	Scorecard
Updated: 29 August 2020[38]

Highest individual score (Progression of Record)

Runs	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
98* (55)	Ricky Ponting	Australia	New Zealand	Eden Park, Auckland	17 February 2005	Scorecard
117 (57)	Chris Gayle	West Indies	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	11 September 2007	Scorecard
117* (51)	Richard Levi	South Africa	New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton	19 February 2012	Scorecard
123 (58)	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele	21 September 2012	Scorecard
156 (63)	Aaron Finch	Australia	England	Rose Bowl, Southampton	29 August 2013	Scorecard
172 (76)		Australia	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	03 July 2018	Scorecard
Updated: 25 August 2020[39]

Highest career average

Average	Batsman	Innings	Runs	T20I career span
53.4	Dawid Malan ‡	19	855	2016–present
52.57	Babar Azam ‡	44	1,681	2016-present
50.48	Virat Kohli ‡	85	2,928	2010–present
44.41	Ryan ten Doeschate ‡	22	533	2008–present
44.31	Manish Pandey ‡	37	709	2015–present
Qualification: 20 innings. Last updated: 8 December 2020[40] Note:Dawid Malan currently averages 53.44 from 19 innings (3 not out), and even if he is out for a duck in his next, his average would be 50.29, good enough to be on this list.

Highest Average in each batting position

Batting Position	Batsman	Innings	Runs	Average	Team	T20I Career Span	Ref
Opener	Babar Azam	25	1,104	52.57	Pakistan	2019–2020	[41]
Number 3	Dawid Malan	15	739	61.58	England	2017–2020	[42]
Number 4	Richie Berrington	10	369	52.71	Scotland	2017–2019	[43]
Number 5	Manish Pandey	15	357	51.00	India	2017–2019	[44]
Number 6	Preston Mommsen	10	249	49.80	Scotland	2012–2016	[45]
Number 7	Najibullah Zadran	12	264	52.80	Afghanistan	2013–2019	[46]
Number 8	George Dockrell	12	96	24.00	Ireland	2012–2020	[47]
Number 9	Nuwan Kulasekara	12	92	15.33	Sri Lanka	2008–2017	[48]
Number 10	Saeed Ajmal	14	75	9.38	Pakistan	2009–2014	[49]
Number 11	Bilal Khan	8	15	15.00	Oman	2015–2020	[50]
Qualification: Minimum 10 innings batted at position. Last updated: 5 December 2020

Highest career strike rate

Strike rate	Runs scored	Balls faced	Batsman	Team	T20I career span
165.80	577	348	Ravija Sandaruwan	Kuwait	2019–2020
158.52	558	352	Tim David	Singapore	2019–2020
158.23	1,633	1,032	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	2012–2020
156.44	1,724	1,102	Colin Munro	New Zealand	2012–2020
155.40	934	601	Evin Lewis	West Indies	2016–2020
Qualification: 250 balls. Last updated: 7 December 2020[51]

Most 50+ scores

50+ (100+50)	Innings	Batsman	Team	T20I career span
25 (0+25)	79	Virat Kohli	India	2010–present
25 (4+21)	100	Rohit Sharma	India	2007–present
19 (1+18)	81	David Warner	Australia	2009–present
18 (0+18)	77	Paul Stirling	Ireland	2009–present
17 (2+15)	87	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	2009–present
Updated: 8 December 2020[52]

Fastest 50

Balls	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
12	Yuvraj Singh	India	England	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	19 September 2007	Scorecard
13	Mirza Ahsan	Austria	Luxembourg	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	31 August 2019	Scorecard
14	Colin Munro	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Eden Park, Auckland	10 January 2016	Scorecard
15	Faisal Khan	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat	24 January 2019	Scorecard
16	Shai Hope	West Indies	Bangladesh	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet	17 December 2018	Scorecard
Updated: 16 September 2019[53]

Fastest 100

Balls	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
35	David Miller	South Africa	Bangladesh	Senwes Park, Potchefstroom	29 October 2017	Scorecard
	Rohit Sharma	India	Sri Lanka	Holkar Stadium, Indore	22 December 2017	Scorecard
	Sudesh Wickramasekara	Czech Republic	Turkey	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	30 August 2019	Scorecard
39	Sivakumar Periyalwar	Romania	Turkey	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	29 August 2019	Scorecard
41	George Munsey	Scotland	Netherlands	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide (Dublin)	16 September 2019	Scorecard
	Shaheryar Butt	Belgium	Czech Republic	Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange	29 August 2020	Scorecard
Updated: 16 September 2019[54]

Most career sixes

Sixes	Balls faced	Batsman	Team	T20I career span
127	1,998	Rohit Sharma	India	2007–present
124	1,947	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	2009–present
113	1,639	Eoin Morgan	England	2009–present
107	1,102	Colin Munro	New Zealand	2012–present
105	1,139	Chris Gayle	West Indies	2006–2019
Updated: 22 December 2020[55]

Most career fours

Fours	Balls faced	Batsman	Team	T20I career span
265	2115	Virat Kohli	India	2010–present
251	1521	Paul Stirling	Ireland	2009–present
245	1998	Rohit Sharma	India	2007–present
234	1947	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	2009–present
232	1915	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	2006–present
Updated: 21 December 2020[56]

Most sixes in an innings

Sixes	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
16 (62)	Hazratullah Zazai	Afghanistan	Ireland	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun	23 February 2019	Scorecard
14 (63)	Aaron Finch	Australia	England	Rose Bowl, Southampton	29 August 2013	Scorecard
13 (51)	Richard Levi	South Africa	New Zealand	Seddon Park, Hamilton	19 February 2012	Scorecard
14 (56)	George Munsey	Scotland	Netherlands	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide (Dublin)	16 September 2019	Scorecard
12 (62)	Evin Lewis	West Indies	India	Sabina Park, Kingston	9 July 2017	Scorecard
Number in parentheses represents the number of balls the batsman faced during the innings. Last updated: 23 February 2019[57]

Most fours in an innings

Fours	Batsman	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
16 (76)	Aaron Finch	Australia	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	3 July 2018	Scorecard
14 (52)	Aaron Finch	Australia	India	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot	10 October 2013	Scorecard
14 (55)	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	West Indies	The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	11 September 2007	Scorecard
14 (65)	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	Sri Lanka	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele	6 September 2016	Scorecard
Number in parentheses represents the number of balls the batsman faced during the innings. Last updated: 23 February 2019[58]

Most runs off an over

Runs	Sequence	Batsman	Batting team	Bowler	Venue	Date	Scorecard
36	6–6–6–6–6–6	Yuvraj Singh	India	Stuart Broad	Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban	19 September 2007	Scorecard
34	6–6–4–1–(nb+4)–6–6	Tim Seifert Ross Taylor	New Zealand	Shivam Dube	Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui	2 February 2020	Scorecard
32	6–6–w–6–6–6–1	Evin Lewis	West Indies	Stuart Binny	Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill	27 August 2016	Scorecard
	6–6–2–nb–(nb+4)–4–6–2	Jos Buttler	England	Wayne Parnell	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Edgbaston	12 September 2012	Scorecard
	4–wk–(nb+6)–(nb+1)–6–6–6–1^[a]	Jos Buttler Jonny Bairstow Luke Wright	England	Izatullah Dawlatzai	Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (RPS)	21 September 2012	Scorecard
	6–4–4–6–6–6	George Munsey	Scotland	Max O'Dowd	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide (Dublin)	16 September 2019	Scorecard
Key: nb – No-ball (nb+X) – A no-ball was bowled and X runs were scored off the bat Ynb – A no-ball was bowled with one run scored directly from the no-ball and Y-1 runs being scored from byes or leg byes (however, all Y runs will be scored as no-balls on the scorecard)[59] w – Wide wk – Wicket Updated: 2 February 2020[60] ^[a] The over started with Buttler facing and Wright off strike. Buttler faced the first ball and was dismissed on the second ball of the over. Bairstow came in and faced the next two deliveries and Wright faced the last four deliveries.[61]

Most runs in a calendar year

Runs	Innings	Batsman	Team	Year
748	20	Paul Stirling	Ireland	2019
729	23	Kevin O'Brien	Ireland	2019
702	24	Max O'Dowd	Netherlands	2019
689	17	Shikhar Dhawan	India	2018
641	13	Virat Kohli	India	2016
Updated: 2 November 2019[62]

Most runs in a series

Rank	Runs	Batsman	Team	Matches	Innings	Series
1	319	Virat Kohli	India	6	6	2014 ICC World Twenty20
2	317	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	7	7	2009 ICC World Twenty20
3	306	Aaron Finch	Australia	5	5	2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series
4	302	Mahela Jayawardena	Sri Lanka	6	6	2010 ICC World Twenty20J
5	295	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	6	6	2016 ICC World Twenty20
Last Updated: 5 December 2020[63]

Most career ducks

Ducks	Innings	Batsman	Team	T20I career span
10	79	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	2006–2016
		Umar Akmal	Pakistan	2009–2019
	89	Kevin O'Brien	Ireland	2008–present
9	45	Luke Wright	England	2007–2014
	77	Paul Stirling	Ireland	2009–present
Last updated:10 March 2020[64]

Individual records (bowling)

Most wickets in a career

Wickets	Matches	Bowler	Team	T20I career span
107	84	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	2006–present
98	99	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	2006–2018
92	76	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2006–present
89	48	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	2015–present
87	75	Tim Southee	New Zealand	2008–present
Updated: 22 December 2020[65]

Best figures in a match

Figures	Bowler	Bowling team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
6/7 (3.2 overs)	Deepak Chahar	India	Bangladesh	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	10 November 2019	Scorecard
6/8 (4.0 overs)	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota	18 September 2012	Scorecard
6/16 (4.0 overs)	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	Australia	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele	8 August 2011	Scorecard
6/25 (4.0 overs)	Yuzvendra Chahal	India	England	M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1 February 2017	Scorecard
5/3 (2.0 overs)	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	Ireland	Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida	10 March 2017	Scorecard
5/3 (3.3 overs)	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	Chittagong	31 March 2014	Scorecard
Updated: 10 November 2019[66]

Best career averages

Average	Wickets	Runs conceded	Bowler	Team	T20I career span
12.62	89	1124	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	2015–present
14.42	66	952	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	2008–2014
15.04	63	948	Imran Tahir	South Africa	2013–2019
16.25	51	829	Bilal Khan	Oman	2015–present
16.59	44	730	Ahsan Malik	Netherlands	2012–2017
Qualification: 500 balls bowled. Rashid Khan and Imran Tahir both have played for ICC World XI and their records in those matches are included above. Last updated: 24 May 2020.[67]

Best career economy rate

Economy rate	Overs bowled	Bowler	Team	T20I career span
5.70	131.1	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	2007–2014
6.01	183.4	Sunil Narine‡	West Indies	2012–present
6.14	183.0	Rashid Khan‡	Afghanistan	2015–present
6.17	191.0	Samuel Badree	West Indies	2012–2018
6.20	102.0	Harbhajan Singh	India	2006-2016
Qualification: 500 balls bowled. Last updated: 1 February 2021[68]

Best career strike rate

Strike rate	Wickets	Overs Bowled	Bowler	Team	T20I career span
12.3	89	183.0	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	2015–present
13.0	44	95.5	Ahsan Malik	Netherlands	2012–2017
13.4	66	147.3	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	2008–2014
13.4	63	140.5	Imran Tahir	South Africa	2013–2019
13.4	41	91.5	Kesrick Williams	West Indies	2016-present
Qualification: 500 balls bowled. Rashid Khan and Imran Tahir both have played for ICC World XI as well and their records are included above. Last updated: 1 February 2021.[69]

Most four-wickets-in-an-innings (and over) in a career

4+	Matches	Bowler	Team	T20I career span
6	60	Umar Gul	Pakistan	2007–2016
5	39	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	2008–2014
	48	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	2015–present
4	38	Imran Tahir	South Africa	2013–2019
	64	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	2009–2015
	76	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	2006–present
Updated: 1 February 2021[70]

Best economy rate in an innings

Economy	Bowling figures	Balls Bowled	Bowler	Bowling team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
0.00	1/0	12	Nuwan Kulasekara	Sri Lanka	Netherlands	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	24 March 2014	Scorecard
0.33	1/1	18	Santiago Rossi	Argentina	Mexico	El Cortijo Polo Club, Lima	3 October 2019	Scorecard
0.66	1/2	18	Qadeer Ahmed	United Arab Emirates	Ireland	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	14 February 2016	Scorecard
	1/2	18	Sultan Ahmed	United Arab Emirates	Iran	Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat	23 February 2020	Scorecard
0.75	2/3	24	Mohammed Aslam	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat	23 February 2020	Scorecard
Qualification: 12 balls bowled. Last Updated: 5 December 2020[71]

Best Strike Rate in an innings

Strike Rate	Bowling figures	Balls Bowled	Bowler	Bowling team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
2.0	4/2	8	Steve Tikolo	Kenya	Scotland	ICC Global Cricket Academy, Dubai (GCA)	19 November 2013	Scorecard
2.4	5/3	12	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	Ireland	Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida	10 March 2017	Scorecard
	5/4		Khizar Hayat	Malaysia	Hong Kong	Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur	20 February 2020	Scorecard
2.8	5/6	14	Umar Gul	Pakistan	South Africa	Centurion Park, Centurion	03 March 2013	Scorecard
	5/18		Allan Douglas	Bermuda	Cayman Islands	White Hill Field, Sandys Parish	25 August 2019	Scorecard
Qualification; Min 4 wickets. Last updated: 26 August 2020[72]

Most runs conceded in an innings

Runs	Bowling figures	Bowler	Bowling team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
75	4–0–75–0	Kasun Rajitha	Sri Lanka	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	27 October 2019	Scorecard
70	4–0–70–1	Tunahan Turan	Turkey	Czech Republic	Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County	30 August 2019	Scorecard
69	4–0–69–0	Barry McCarthy	Ireland	Afghanistan	Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida	12 March 2017	Scorecard
68	4–0–68–1	Kyle Abbott	South Africa	West Indies	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	11 January 2015	Scorecard
Bowling figures given above are in the form of "Overs-Maidens-Runs-Wickets". Last updated: 27 October 2019[73]

Most wickets in a calendar year

Wickets	Matches	Bowler	Team	Year
31	19	Andrew Tye	Australia	2018
28	16	Sandeep Lamichhane	Nepal	2019
	19	Brandon Glover	Netherlands	2019
	19	Karan KC	Nepal	2019
	19	Shadab Khan	Pakistan	2018
	21	Jasprit Bumrah	India	2016
Updated: 9 December 2019[74]

Most wickets in a series

Wickets	Matches	Bowler	Team	Series
18	9	Bilal Khan	Oman	2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier
16	8	Brandon Glover	Netherlands	2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier
	9	JJ Smit	Namibia	2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier
15	6	Ajantha Mendis	Sri Lanka	2012 ICC World Twenty20
	7	Jan Frylinck	Namibia	2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier
	9	Bernard Scholtz	Namibia	2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier
	9	Paul van Meekeren	Netherlands	2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier
Updated: 5 December 2020[75]

Hat-tricks

As of 21st February 2020, there have been 13 hat-tricks in T20 Internationals, with Lasith Malinga being the only player to take two.

Individual records (fielding)

Most catches in T20I career

Catches	Innings	Fielder	Team	T20I career span
57	77	David Miller	South Africa	2010–present
50	93	Martin Guptill	New Zealand	2009–present
	116	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	2006–present
46	102	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	2006–present
44	52	AB de Villiers	South Africa	2006–2017
	78	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	2010–present
	81	David Warner	Australia	2009–present
The list excludes catches made as wicket-keeper Last updated: 22 December 2020[76]

Individual records (wicket-keeper)

Most dismissals in career

Dismissals	Catches	Stumpings	Innings	Player	Team	T20I career span
91	57	34	97	MS Dhoni	India	2006–2019
63	43	20	71	Denesh Ramdin	West Indies	2006–2019
61	32	29	80	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	2006–present
60	28	32	53	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	2006–2017
54	26	28	64	Mohammad Shahzad	Afghanistan	2010–2018
Innings refers to when the player was the designated keeper. All figures exclude catches not made as a wicketkeeper. Last updated:7 December 2020[77]

Most catches in career

Catches	Innings	Wicket-keeper	Team	T20I career span
57	97	MS Dhoni	India	2006–2019
43	71	Denesh Ramdin	West Indies	2006–2019
41	46	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	2012–present
35	59	Sarfaraz Ahmed	Pakistan	2010–present
32	80	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	2006–present
Innings refers to when the player was the designated keeper. All figures exclude catches not made as a wicketkeeper. Last updated: 7 December 2020[78]

Most stumpings in career

Stumpings	Innings	Wicket-keeper	Team	T20I career span
34	97	MS Dhoni	India	2006–2019
32	58	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	2006–2017
29	84	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	2006–present
28	65	Mohammad Shahzad	Afghanistan	2010–2018
20	71	Dinesh Ramdin	West Indies	2006–2019
Updated: 7 December 2020[79]

Most dismissals in an Inning

Dismissals	Wicket-keeper	Team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
5	Mohammad Shahzad	Afghanistan	Oman	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi	29 November 2015	Scorecard
5	MS Dhoni	India	England	Bristol County Ground, Bristol	08 July 2018	Scorecard
5	Irfan Karim	Kenya	Ghana	Kyambogo Cricket Oval, Kampala	21 May 2019	Scorecard
5	Kiplin Doriga	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu	Tuanaimato Cricket Oval Grounds, Apia (No 2)	12 July 2019	Scorecard
Updated: 26 August 2020[80]

Individual records (others)

Most matches played in career

Matches	Player	Team	T20I Career Span
116	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	2006–present
108	Rohit Sharma	India	2007–present
102	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	2006–present
99	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	2006–2018
	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	2006–present
Updated: 22 December 2020[81]

Most matches as captain

Matches	Player	Team	T20I captaincy career span
72	MS Dhoni	India	2007–2016
56	William Porterfield	Ireland	2008–2017
54	Eoin Morgan	England	2012–present
49	Asghar Afghan	Afghanistan	2015–present
47	Daren Sammy	West Indies	2011–2016
Updated: 1 December 2020[82]

Oldest players

Age at last match	Player	Team	Last T20I date
59 years, 181 days	Osman Goker	Turkey	29 August 2019
57 years, 89 days	Cengiz Akyüz	Turkey	29 August 2019
57 years, 56 days	Serdar Kansoy	Turkey	31 August 2019
54 years, 98 days	Hasan Alta	Turkey	31 August 2019
53 years, 287 days	James Moses	Botswana	22 May 2019
Updated: 31 August 2019[83]

Youngest players

Age on debut	Player	Team	T20I debut date
14 years, 16 days	Marian Gherasim	Romania	16 October 2020
14 years, 211 days	Meet Bhavsar	Kuwait	20 January 2019
15 years, 128 days	Georgios Galanis	Greece	15 October 2019
15 years, 138 days	Musa Shaheen	Denmark	13 July 2019
15 years, 201 days	Lourenço Simango	Mozambique	7 November 2019
Updated: 16 October 2020[84]

Most Consecutive Matches Played

Matches	Team	Player	Span
58	Afghanistan	Mohammad Shahzad	2010–2017
58*		Asghar Afghan	2014–2020
57*	Scotland	Richie Berrington	2010–2019
55	Sri Lanka	Angelo Mathews	2009–2015
54	Pakistan	Saeed Ajmal	2009–2013
Updated: 26 August 2020[85]

Most Player-of-the Match Awards

No. of Awards	Player	Team	Matches	T20I Career Span
12	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	78	2010–present
	Virat Kohli	India	85	2010–present
11	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	99	2006–2018
10	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	99	2006–present
	Rohit Sharma	India	108	2007–present
Last updated: 22 December 2020[86]

Partnership records

Highest overall partnership runs by a pair

Runs	Innings	Players	Batting team	Highest	Average	100/50	T20I career span
1743	52	Shikhar Dhawan & Rohit Sharma	India	160	33.51	4/7	2013–present
1348	34	Kyle Coetzer & George Munsey	Scotland	200	39.64	2/10	2015–present
1202	35	Kevin O'Brien & Paul Stirling	Ireland	154	34.34	3/5	2010–present
1154	37	David Warner & Shane Watson	Australia	133	31.18	3/6	2009–2016
1151	24	Martin Guptill & Kane Williamson	New Zealand	171*	50.04	3/8	2012–present
1083	29	Martin Guptill & Colin Munro	New Zealand	136	38.67	3/4	2012–present
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 10 March 2020[87]

Highest partnerships (any wicket)

Runs	Partnership	Players	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
236	1st wicket	Usman Ghani & Hazratullah Zazai	Afghanistan	Ireland	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun	23 February 2019	Scorecard
223	1st wicket	Aaron Finch & D'Arcy Short	Australia	Zimbabwe	Harare Sports Club, Harare	3 July 2018	Scorecard
200	1st wicket	George Munsey & Kyle Coetzer	Scotland	Netherlands	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide (Dublin)	16 September 2019	Scorecard
184	3rd wicket	Glenn Phillips & Devon Conway	New Zealand	West Indies	Bay Oval, Tauranga	29 November 2020	Scorecard
182	3rd wicket	Dawid Malan & Eoin Morgan	England	New Zealand	McLean Park, Napier	8 November 2019	Scorecard
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated: 29 November 2020[88]

Highest partnerships (by wicket)

Partnership	Runs	Batsmen	Batting team	Opposition	Venue	Date	Scorecard
1st wicket	236	Usman Ghani & Hazratullah Zazai	Afghanistan	Ireland	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun	23 February 2019	Scorecard
2nd wicket	167*	Jos Buttler & Dawid Malan	England	South Africa	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	1 December 2020	Scorecard
3rd wicket	184	Glenn Phillips & Devon Conway	New Zealand	West Indies	Bay Oval, Tauranga	29 November 2020	Scorecard
4th wicket	161	David Warner & Glenn Maxwell	Australia	South Africa	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	6 March 2016	Scorecard
5th wicket	119*	Shoaib Malik & Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	Australia	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	18 September 2007	Scorecard
6th wicket	101*	Cameron White & Michael Hussey	Australia	Sri Lanka	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	9 May 2010	Scorecard
7th wicket	91	Paul Collingwood & Michael Yardy	England	West Indies	The Oval, London	28 June 2007	Scorecard
8th wicket	80	Preston Mommsen & Safyaan Sharif	Scotland	Netherlands	The Grange Club, Edinburgh	11 July 2015	Scorecard
9th wicket	66	Dwayne Bravo & Jerome Taylor	West Indies	Pakistan	DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai (DSC)	23 September 2016	Scorecard
10th wicket	38	Mohammad Adnan & Usman Ali	Saudi Arabia	Qatar	Al Emarat Cricket Stadium, Muscat	21 January 2019	Scorecard
An asterisk (*) signifies an unbroken partnership (i.e. neither of the batsmen was dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or the required score being reached). Last updated:1 December 2020[89]

Individual Records (Officials)

Most matches as an umpire

Matches	Umpire	Country	T20I Career Span
51	Ahsan Raza	Pakistan	2010–present
48	Aleem Dar	Pakistan	2009–present
37	Shaun George	South Africa	2010–present
37	Ian Gould	England	2006–2016
37	Rod Tucker	Australia	2009–present
Updated: 8 December 2020[90]

Most matches as a match referee

Matches	Referee	Country	T20I Career Span
130	Jeff Crowe‡	New Zealand	2005–present
109	Chris Broad‡	England	2005–present
104	Ranjan Madugalle‡	Sri Lanka	2006–present
90	Andy Pycroft‡	Zimbabwe	2009–present
83	Javagal Srinath‡	India	2006–present
Updated: 22 December 2020[91]

See also

• List of Twenty20 International cricketers
• ICC T20 World Cup
• List of ICC T20 World Cup records
• List of Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of Australia Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of Bangladesh Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of England Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of India Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of Ireland Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of Nepal Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of New Zealand Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of Pakistan Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of Scotland Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of Sri Lanka T20 International cricket records
• List of South Africa Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of West Indies Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of United Arab Emirates Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of Zimbabwe Twenty20 International cricket records
• List of Test cricket records
• List of One Day International cricket records
• List of Women's Twenty20 International records

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