Highest team total in India vs New Zealand T20Is

India vs New Zealand T20I matches have been full of both thrill and intensity when the two cricketing giants square off against each other. They have played a total of 25 matches against each other, and India has bargained slightly better, being victorious on 14 occasions. Both teams feature some of the most destructive batters in world cricket, players who are capable of hitting the ball a long way whenever they want. This has led to the scoring of big totals, which also serve as entertainment for the audience. Below, we have listed the top 10 highest team totals in India vs New Zealand T20Is.

The highest team total in T20Is involving India and New Zealand has seen the Indian cricket team score a total of 234 runs on the board on February 1, 2023. Shubman Gill scored his maiden T20I century and registered the highest individual score by an Indian batter in T20Is, breaking the previously held record by Virat Kohli (122*).

The second-highest team total has been scored by the Kiwi batters, which is 219. On 6 February 2019, New Zealand batters had a day out and destroyed the Indian bowling attack. Tim Seifert was declared as the player of the match for scoring 84 runs in just 43 deliveries.

The third-highest total of 212 runs was also scored by New Zealand on 10 February, 2019. In reply, India managed to score 208 runs, the fourth-highest team total. Colin Munro was given the player of the match award for hitting 72 runs off 40 deliveries.

The fifth-highest team total of 204 runs was achieved by India when they were chasing down the target of 203 runs set by New Zealand, the sixth-highest team total. In the match, a total of five half-centuries was scored by both the teams combined. Shreyas Iyer was named the player of the match for his 58 off 29 balls.

A score of 202 runs was achieved by the Indian team during their match against New Zealand on 1 November, 2017. Both the openers, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, scored 80 runs helping India post the seventh-highest team total.

A few days later, on 4 November, the New Zealand team scored the eighth-highest total of 196 runs. Colin Munro scored an unbeaten 109 runs, his highest T20I score, which proved vital and helpful in defeating India. The next on the list is the score of 190 which New Zealand made during their first-ever T20I match against India in the 2007 T20 World Cup. Following this, the tenth-highest score and the last to feature on the list is the score of 180 that India made on 21 November, 2021.