Fastest 200+ Run Chases in T20I History

Fastest 200+ Run Chases in T20I Cricket

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.