Highest Team Total in T20 World Cup: Batting first, India scored 256 runs. This is the second-highest total by any team in T20 World Cup history.

 

India scored 256 runs

 

India Score vs Zimbabwe: Batting first, India scored 256 runs. This is the second-highest total by any team in T20 World Cup history. It is also the highest total of this World Cup. Abhishek Sharma's bat roared after a long time, scoring a powerful half-century of 55 runs. Following him, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Varma made light work of the Zimbabwean bowlers.

2026 T20 World Cup Highest Score

The highest total of the 2026 T20 World Cup was 254, made by the West Indies against Zimbabwe. However, Team India has now made history by scoring 256 against Zimbabwe.

 

The highest total in T20 World Cup history is held by Sri Lanka, who made 260 against Kenya in the 2007 World Cup. India fell just four runs short of breaking that world record.

Highest scores in T20 World Cup history

• 260 runs - Sri Lanka (vs Kenya)


• 256 runs - India (vs Zimbabwe)


• 254 runs - West Indies (vs Zimbabwe)


• 235 runs - Ireland (vs Oman)

Abhishek Sharma shines

Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for zero in his first three innings of this World Cup. He managed only 15 runs in the Super 8 match against South Africa. Now, against Zimbabwe, his bat finally roared. He reached his half-century in 26 balls, the second slowest fifty in his T20 career so far. He scored 55 runs in 30 balls.

Hardik-Tilak uproar

After Abhishek, Hardik Pandya, and Tilak Varma shared an 84-run partnership in 31 balls. Hardik remained unbeaten on 50 off 23 balls. Tilak, on the other hand, batted even more explosively. Tilak scored 44 runs in 16 balls. Together, Hardik and Tilak hit 8 sixes and 5 fours.