5 highest scoring T20I matches in recent times

#3 South Africa vs England (459 runs)

Root was adjudged as the man of the match

It is always a thrilling contest when two powerhouses meet in the big stage like World T20. It was WT20 2016 when the Proteas took on the inventors of cricket at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

With help of the fifties by each of their openers, Quinton de Kock & Hashim Amla, South Africa got to a flying start as they reached 100 in no time. They lost some wickets on their way but Duminy, coming in at 5, scored a fifty and powered his team to 229/4 with the support of David Miller.

It was a tough ask for England but they began the run chase on a positive note. Jason Roy's 16-ball 43 helped them utilize the powerplay as they finished at 89/3. After losing their lineup's top 3 batters, Joe Root unleashed his class to show why he his amongst the fab 4 of the world.

His 83 (44) got them over the line against an attack that had Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada & Imran Tahir, and the match turned out to be an absolute run fest.

Result: England beat South Africa by 2 wickets