Top 10 teams with most losses in T20 Internationals

T20 format was invented by the English Cricket Board or the ECB in 2003, in order to increase the number of fans in the ground. The International Cricket Council or the ICC saw potential in the format and the very first T20 international was played between Australia and New Zealand in 2005.

The very first ICC World T20 was played in 2007 in South Africa, which was won by India. The year 2008 saw the inception of the Indian Premier League or the IPL, which had international players playing together for franchisees and since then, the T20 format has become a money maker for the cricket boards.

Not all countries adopted the format easily and hence have very poor records in the format or have played very less matches in the international T20 format. But here are the top 10 teams with most losses in T20 internationals so far.

10. India – 30

Mat: 79 Won: 46 HS: 218 LS: 74

India played their very first T20 international in 2006 against South Africa. Since then, they have been reluctant to play in this format internationally, despite being the home to the most popular T20 league in the IPL.

Since 2006, India has played 79 matches and has won 46 of them and lost 30 of them. India’s biggest success came in the form of the ICC World T20 title in the inaugural tournament in 2007, when MS Dhoni’s team beat Pakistan in the finals to win the championship and thus becoming the first team to win both the 20 over World Cup and the 60 over World Cup in 1983. They added the 50 over World Cup to their kitty in 2011.

India’s highest T20I score of 218 came against England in the ICC World T20 2007 in Durban, a match where Yuvraj Singh hit 6 sixes in 6 consecutive balls in an over, bowled by Stuart Broad. India’s lowest score of 74 came against Australia in 2008 in the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The highest individual score for India is 106 by Rohit Sharma and best bowling is 4/21 by Pragyan Ojha.