Top 10 teams with most losses in T20 Internationals

5. New Zealand – 40

Mat: 96 Won: 49 HS: Score: 214  LS: 60

Surprisingly the team to lose the most T20 internationals is New Zealand. The Kiwis played their first T20 international in 2005, against Australia, which was also the very first T20 international ever played. Since then, they have played 96 T20Is and lost a record 40 of them and won 49 matches.

Their highest score in the format is 214/6 against Australia at Christchurch in 2010 and the lowest of 60 came against Sri Lanka in the ICC World T20 in 2014, when they couldn’t chase down 119, thanks to Rangana Herath’s career best 5/3.

The highest individual score for New Zealand is 123 by Brendon McCullum, against Bangladesh in 2012. The best bowling in the format is by Tim Southee who took 5/18 against Pakistan in 2010. The Kiwis have probably the best T20 batsmen in Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill, both of whom are known for their devastating hitting capabilities. Brendon McCullum is the only batsman in the world with more than one century in the T20 international format.