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IND Vs NZ, 5th T20I: India's Highest Totals In T20I Cricket

India thumped 271 runs against New Zealand in Thiruvananthapuram to register their third-highest total in T20I cricket

India scored their 3rd highest total in T20I cricket against New Zealand in the 5th T20I at Thiruvananthapuram on January 31, 2026. X/BCCI
Summary
  • India highest total is 297 against Bangladesh in 2024

  • India scored 271 runs against New Zealand to register their 3rd highest T20I total

  • Ishan Kishan hit 43-ball 103 to take India to 271 against New Zealand

India slammed a mammoth 271/5 against New Zealand in the 5th T20I at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram, on the back of a scintillating 42-ball ton by Ishan Kishan.

Surprisingly, it is India's third-highest team total in T20Is as they made a staggering 297/6 against Bangladesh in Hyderabad in 2024. Then they backed it up by 283/1 in the same year in Johannesburg.

India’s Top Five T20I Totals

India vs Bangladesh, Hyderabad (2024) - 297/6

India vs South Africa, Johannesburg (2024) - 283/1

India vs New Zealand, Thiruvananthapuram (2026) - 271/5

India vs vs Sri Lanka, Indore (2017) - 260/5

India vs England, Mumbai (2025) - 247/9

Ishan Kishan Lights Up Thiruvananthapuram

Ishan Kishan blasted 103 off just 14 balls to take India to 271 in the final T20I in Thiruvananthapuram. The southpaw batter reached his half-century in 28 balls and then took just 14 balls from there to get to his century.

Skipper Suryakumar Yadav (63) and all-rounder Hardik Pandya (42) complemented him well to take India to a gigantic total of 271/5. Earlier, New Zealand started well by sending both openers Abhishek Sharma (30) and homeboy Sanju Samson (6) back into the pavilion within the powerplay.

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