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Top 10: Largest Win Margin in T20Is (by Runs)

You must have seen teams easily chasing huge totals in the T20 International (T20I) format. However, on a few occasions, teams might struggle on their way to thrash the target.

Chasing a huge score can pressurise the batters, resulting in a poor start or loss of wickets. And if this happens, then the bowling team can bundle them out for paltry scores and register big wins.

So, here are the top 10 instances of teams registering the largest win margin by runs in T20Is.

Largest Win Margin in T20Is (by Runs)

WinnerMarginTargetOppositionVenueDate
Zimbabwe290 runs345GambiaNairobi23 Oct 2024
Nepal273 runs315MongoliaHangzhou27 Sep 2023
Czech Republic257 runs279TurkeyIlfov County30 Aug 2019
Canada208 runs246PanamaCoolidge14 Nov 2021
Japan205 runs218MongoliaSano8 May 2024
Malaysia194 runs269ThailandHangzhou2 Oct 2023
Tanzania184 runs219CameroonKigali9 Dec 2022
Malaysia184 runs220MyanmarKuala Lumpur30 Jul 2023
Japan180 runs259ChinaMong Kok15 Feb 2024
Japan180 runs224MongoliaSano11 May 2024

Key Insights

290: During the 2024 Africa Sub-Regional Qualifier Games, Zimbabwe registered the largest win margin by runs in T20Is. Zimbabwe defeated Gambia by an astounding margin of 290 runs, as they bowled Gambia out for 54 runs.

314: The match between Nepal and Mongolia was a record-breaking affair in a true sense. In this match, Nepal posted the then-highest team total in T20Is, scoring 314 batting first. While setting this mammoth total, Dipendra Singh Airee smashed the fastest T20I fifty (9 balls), while Kushal Malla slammed the then-fastest T20I century (34 balls).

1: Sri Lanka became the first team to beat a team by more than 100 runs margin in T20Is. Sri Lanka achieved this feat in the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup, as they defeated Kenya by 172 runs. This is also the biggest win margin in the T20 World Cup.

3: Cameroon is the only team that has conceded 3 defeats by a margin of more than 170 runs.

20: There are more than 20 instances of teams winning matches by a margin of 150 or more runs. Most of those instances belong to associate nations, while only 3 full members — Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan — feature among them. 

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