Team Records

Fastest 200+ Run Chases in T20I History

Fastest 200+ Run Chases in T20I Cricket

TeamOvers Taken to ChaseTarget ChasedAgainstVenueDate
Serbia14.1200SloveniaBelgrade7 Jun 2025
Bulgaria14.2244GibraltarSofia11 Jul 2025
India15.2209New ZealandRaipur23 Jan 2026
Pakistan16.0205New ZealandAuckland21 Mar 2025
Australia16.1215West IndiesBasseterre25 Jul 2025
South Africa17.4206West IndiesJohannesburg11 Sep 2007
Pakistan18.0204South AfricaCenturion14 Apr 2021
Austria18.1216BelgiumLatschach23 Aug 2025
Malta18.2205BulgariaMarsa14 May 2022
Gibraltar18.4218BulgariaSofia10 Jul 2025
India18.4208West IndiesHyderabad6 Dec 2019

Key Insights – Quickest 200+ Run Chases in T20 Internationals

Team Records

Fastest 200+ Run Chase (Overall): Serbia holds the record, chasing down a 200-run target in just 14.1 overs against Slovenia in June 2025.

Fastest 200+ Run Chase (Full Member Team): Pakistan achieved this feat by chasing a 205-run target against New Zealand in Auckland in just 16 overs. This is also the quickest 200-plus run chase by a team in an away T20I match.

Highest Successful Run Chase: South Africa holds the record for the highest successful run chase, gunning down a 259-run target against the West Indies in 18.5 overs in 2023. This match also holds the record for the highest match aggregate of 517 runs.

Most Successful 200+ Run Chases: India became the first team to record five successful chases of 200 or more runs in T20Is. Read how many other teams have done so far.

Most 200+ Chases in a Bilateral Series: Bulgaria (vs Serbia, 2022) and Australia (vs West Indies, 2025) are the two teams to have successfully chased 200 or more runs in two matches in a bilateral T20I series.


Specific Run Chase Metrics

Most Sixes in a Run Chase: Bulgaria also holds the record for the most sixes in a run chase, smashing 23 maximums while overhauling the 244-run target. The combined total of 41 sixes in that match is the most in a T20I match.

Highest Run Rate in a 200+ Chase: Bulgaria recorded a run rate of 17.02 per over in their chase of 244 against Gibraltar, the highest by a team in a successful 200-plus run chase.