List of Twenty20 cricket records - Wikipedia List of Twenty20 cricket records This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. ( March 2018 ) This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( February 2018 ) This is a list of Twenty20 cricket records, that is a record team or individual performances in Twenty20 cricket. Contents 1 Listing criteria 2 Team records 2.1 Highest innings totals 2.2 Lowest innings totals 2.3 Highest victory margin ( by runs ) 2.4 Highest match aggregate 3 Individual records 3.1 Individual records ( batting ) 3.1. 1 Highest individual score 3.1. 2 Most career runs 3.1. 3 Most centuries in a career 3.1. 4 Fastest 100 3.1. 5 Fastest 50 3.1. 6 Highest career strike rate 3.1. 7 Highest career average 3.1. 8 Most career sixes 3.1. 9 Most sixes in an innings 3.2 Individual records ( bowling ) 3.2. 1 Best figures in a match 3.2. 2 Most career wickets 3.3 Individual records ( wicket keeping ) 3.3. 1 Most dismissals in career 3.4 Individual records ( other ) 3.4. 1 Most matches played 4 Partnership records 4.1 Record wicket partnerships 5 Notes and references 6 See also Listing criteria In general the top five are listed in each category ( except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted ). Currently active players are indicated with a. Teams playing at home are indicated by, where appropriate. Team records Highest innings totals Rank Score Team Opponent Venue Date 263 / 5 ( 20 overs ) Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Warriors India Bangalore 23 April 2013 263 / 3 ( 20 overs ) Australia Sri Lanka Kandy 6 September 2016 260 / 6 ( 20 overs ) Sri Lanka Kenya Johannesburg 14 September 2007 260 / 4 ( 20 overs ) Yorkshire Northants Headingley 17 August 2017 260 / 5 ( 20 overs ) India Sri Lanka Indore 22 December 2017 Source : ESPNcricinfo ( updated 1 March 2018 ). Lowest innings totals Completed innings only. Rank Score Team Opponent Venue Date 30 ( 11.4 overs ) Tripura Jharkhand Dhanbad 20 September 2009 39 ( 10.3 overs ) Netherlands Sri Lanka Chittagong 24 March 2014 44 ( 14.4 overs ) Boland North West Potchefstroom 16 November 2014 44 ( 12.5 overs ) Leeward Islands Trinidad and Tobago North Sound 11 January 2012 44 ( 12.1 overs ) Assam Delhi Vadodara 6 January 2016 44 ( 10.4 overs ) Khulna Titans Rangpur Riders Mirpur 10 November 2016 Source : ESPNcricinfo ( updated 1 March 2018 ). Highest victory margin ( by runs ) Rank Winner Margin Target Opponent Venue Date Sri Lanka 172 runs 261 Kenya Johannesburg 14 September 2007 Trinidad and Tobago 167 runs 212 Leeward Islands North Sound 11 January 2012 Prime Bank 159 runs 205 Mohammedan Sylhet 26 December 2013 Northerns 158 runs 228 Southerns Harare 19 March 2008 5 Mumbai Indians 146 runs 213 Delhi Daredevils New Delhi 6 May 2017 Source : ESPNcricinfo ( updated 16 May 2016 ). Highest match aggregate Rank Score Teams Venue Date 497 / 7 ( 40 overs ) Otago ( 249 -- 3 ) v Central Districts ( 248 -- 4 ) New Plymouth, Taranaki 21 December 2016 489 / 10 ( 40 overs ) West Indies ( 245 -- 6 ) v India ( 244 -- 4 ) Lauderhill, Florida 27 August 2016 488 / 11 ( 38.5 overs ) New Zealand ( 243 - 6 ) v Australia ( 245 - 5 ) Auckland 16 February 2018 469 / 10 ( 40 overs ) Chennai Super Kings ( 246 -- 5 ) v Rajasthan Royals ( 223 -- 5 ) Chennai 3 April 2010 5 467 / 13 ( 39.2 overs ) South Africa ( 231 / 7 ) v West Indies ( 236 / 6 ) Johannesburg 11 January 2015 Source : ESPNcricinfo ( Updated 1 March 2018 ) Individual records Individual records ( batting ) Highest individual score Rank Runs Player Team Opponents Venue Date 175 * Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Warriors India Bangalore 23 April 2013 172 Aaron Finch Australia Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 3 July 2018 162 * Hamilton Masakadza Mountaineers Eagles Bulawayo 11 February 2016 161 Adam Lyth Yorkshire Vikings Northants Steelbacks Headingley 17 August 2017 5 158 * Brendon McCullum Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore 18 April 2008 Birmingham Bears Derbyshire Edgbaston 3 July 2015 Source : ESPNcricinfo ( updated 3 July 2018 ). Most career runs Rank Runs Innings ) Player National Team Period 11068 316 Chris Gayle West Indies 2005 -- present 8848 317 Brendon McCullum New Zealand 2005 -- present 7932 366 Kieron Pollard West Indies 2006 -- present 7668 242 David Warner Australia 2007 -- present 5 7575 279 Shoaib Malik Pakistan 2005 -- present Source : ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 1 March 2018 Most centuries in a career Chris Gayle is the clear leader in the list of the most career centuries in T20s with 21 ; no other player has scored more than seven. Fastest 100 Rank Balls Player Team Opposition Venue Date 30 Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Warriors India Bangalore 23 April 2013 32 Rishabh Pant Delhi Himachal Pradesh Delhi 14 January 2018 34 Andrew Symonds Kent Middlesex Maidstone 2 July 2004 35 Louis van der Westhuizen Namibia Kenya Windhoek 7 November 2011 David Miller South Africa Bangladesh Potchefstroom 29 October 2017 Rohit Sharma India Sri Lanka Indore 22 December 2017 Source : ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 1 March 2018 Fastest 50 Rank Balls Player Team Opposition Venue Date 12 Yuvraj Singh India England Durban 19 September 2007 12 Chris Gayle Melbourne Renegades Adelaide Strikers Docklands Stadium 18 January 2016 13 Marcus Trescothick Somerset Hampshire Taunton 9 July 2010 14 Colin Munro New Zealand Sri Lanka Auckland 10 January 2016 14 Gerard Brophy Yorkshire Derbyshire Derby 10 July 2006 14 Imran Nazir Sialkot Stallions Lahore Eagles Lahore 26 April 2005 14 Kieran Noema - Barnett Central Districts Otago Invercargill 12 December 2010 14 Kieron Pollard Trinidad and Tobago Leeward Islands North Sound 11 January 2012 14 Farhaan Behardien Titans Warriors East London 11 December 2016 14 KL Rahul Kings XI Punjab Delhi Daredevils Punjab Cricket Association Stadium 8 April 2018 Source : ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 1 March 2018 Highest career strike rate Qualification : 1,000 balls. Rank Strike Rate Balls faced Player National Team Period 167.12 1,463 Colin de Grandhomme New Zealand 2007 -- present 166.09 2,315 Andre Russell West Indies 2010 -- present 165.31 1,084 Rishabh Pant India 2015 -- present 5 157.14 2,009 Luke Ronchi New Zealand 2006 -- present 5 156.98 2,834 Glenn Maxwell Australia 2010 -- present Source : ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated : 6 June 2018 Highest career average Qualification : 50 innings. Rank Average Innings Player National Team Period 40.99 229 Virat Kohli India 2007 -- present 40.61 328 Chris Gayle West Indies 2005 -- present 39.60 161 Shaun Marsh Australia 2006 -- present 39.29 82 Babar Azam Pakistan 2015 -- present 5 38.42 264 MS Dhoni India 2006 -- present Source : ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated : 6 June 2018 Most career sixes Rank Sixes Player National Team Period 819 Chris Gayle West Indies 2005 -- present 512 Kieron Pollard West Indies 2006 -- present 430 Brendon McCullum New Zealand 2005 -- present 5 359 Dwayne Smith West Indies 2006 -- present 320 Shane Watson Australia 2007 -- present Source : Cricinfo.com, Last updated : 1 March 2018 Most sixes in an innings Rank Sixes Player Team Opponent Venue Date 18 Chris Gayle Rangpur Riders Dhaka Dynamites Dhaka 12 December 2017 17 Chris Gayle Royal Challengers Bangalore Pune Warriors India Bangalore 23 April 2013 16 Graham Napier Essex Sussex Chelmsford 24 June 2008 16 Dasun Shanaka Sinhalese Saracens Colombo 12 January 2016 5 15 Chris Gayle Somerset Kent Taunton 31 May 2015 Source : Cricinfo.com, Last updated : 1 March 2018 Individual records ( bowling ) Best figures in a match Rank Bowling Player Team Opponent Venue Date 6 / 5 Arul Suppiah Somerset Glamorgan Cardiff 5 July 2011 6 / 6 Shakib Al Hasan Barbados Tridents Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel Bridgetown 3 August 2013 6 / 7 Lasith Malinga Melbourne Stars Perth Scorchers Perth 12 December 2012 6 / 8 Ajantha Mendis Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Hambantota 18 September 2012 5 6 / 9 Phaphama Fojela Border Easterns East London 14 December 2014 Source : ESPNcricinfo, last updated 1 March 2018 Most career wickets Rank Wickets Matches Player National Team Period 427 391 Dwayne Bravo West Indies 2006 -- present 348 256 Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka 2004 -- present 334 287 Sunil Narine West Indies 2011 -- present 309 273 Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh 2006 -- present 5 301 275 Shahid Afridi Pakistan 2006 -- present Source : ESPNcricinfo, last updated 6 June 2018 Individual records ( wicket keeping ) Most dismissals in career Only dismissals and innings played as wicketkeeper counted, some of the players have also taken catches as fielders. Rank Dismissals Innings Player National Team Period Catches Stumpings 209 206 Kamran Akmal Pakistan 2005 -- present 117 92 205 264 Mahendra Singh Dhoni India 2006 -- present 135 70 195 197 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 2004 -- present 136 59 171 196 Dinesh Karthik India 2006 -- present 123 48 5 152 167 Denesh Ramdin West Indies 2006 -- present 108 44 Source : ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 1 March 2018 Individual records ( other ) Most matches played Rank Matches Player National Team Period 406 Kieron Pollard West Indies 2006 -- present 375 Dwayne Bravo West Indies 2006 -- present 323 Chris Gayle West Indies 2005 -- present 322 Brendan McCullum New Zealand 2005 -- present 5 311 Dwayne Smith West Indies 2006 -- present Source : ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 1 March 2018 Partnership records Record wicket partnerships Partnership Runs Players Team Opponent Venue Date 1st wicket 223 Aaron Finch & Darcy Short Australia Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 3 July 2018 2nd wicket 229 AB de Villiers & Virat Kohli Royal Challengers Bangalore Gujarat Lions Bengaluru 14 May 2016 3rd wicket 162 Abdul Razzaq & Nasir Jamshed Lahore Lions Quetta Bears Lahore 26 May 2009 4th wicket 202 * Manpreet Juneja & Abdulahad Malek Gujarat Kerala Indore 30 March 2013 5th wicket 150 Hashim Amla & Dwayne Bravo Trinbago Knight Riders Barbados Tridents Port of Spain 1 Jul 2016 6th wicket 126 * Calum MacLeod & John Hastings Durham Northamptonshire Chester - le - Street 25 July 2014 7th wicket 107 * Lasith Abeyratne & Roshan Anurudda Colombo Cricket Club Chilaw Marians Cricket Club Colombo 12 January 2016 8th wicket 120 Azhar Mahmood & Isuru Udana Wayamba United Uva Next Colombo 28 August 2012 9th wicket 69 Corey Anderson & Josh Davey Somerset Surrey The Oval 9 Jul 2017 10th wicket 63 Grant Elliott & Zulfiqar Babar Quetta Gladiators Peshawar Zalmi Sharjah 14 February 2016 Source : Cricinfo.com, last updated 3 July 2018 Note : An asterisk ( * ) signifies an unbroken partnership ( i.e. neither of the batsmen were dismissed before either the end of the allotted overs or they reached the required score ). Notes and references Jump up ^ `` Records Twenty20 matches Batting records Most hundreds in a career ESPNcricinfo ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 01. `` Records Twenty20 matches ESPNcricinfo ''. stats.espncricinfo.com. 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Question: who has the highest individual score in t20 cricket
Answer: Chris Gayle