Stats: Highest team totals of all time in T20 cricket

The record of highest team total in all T20 cricket belongs to Royal Challengers Bangalore

Every year, as more and more T20 cricket is played, the totals that are being achieved in T20 cricket only seem to be getting higher.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) currently hold the distinction of having notched up the highest score in all of T20 cricket, having made 263/5 against Pune Warriors in the 2013 IPL courtesy of Chris Gayle, who made a world record 175 not out off just 66 deliveries.

Yesterday, Chennai Super Kings made 242/6 against Dolphins in CLT20. It was the 11^th highest T20 team total of all time.

Including domestic and international T20 matches, here are the highest totals in T20 cricket of all time:

Team	Score	Run Rate	Opposition	Venue	Date
RCB	263/5	13.15	Pune Warriors	Bangalore	23 Apr 2013
Sri Lanka	260/6	13	Kenya	Johannesburg	14 Sep 2007
Gloucsestershire	254/3	12.70	Middlesex	Uxbridge	26 Jun 2011
Somerset	250/3	12.50	Gloucs	Taunton	27 Jun 2006
Australia	248/6	12.40	England	Southampton	29 Aug 2013
Chennai Super Kings	246/5	12.30	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai	3 Apr 2010
Nondescripts CC	245/4	12.25	SL Air SC	Colombo	16 Oct 2005
Karachi Dolphins	243/2	12.15	Lahore Eagles	Lahore	14 Oct 2010
Essex	242/3	12.10	Sussex	Chelmsford	24 Jun 2008
Otago	242/4	12.10	Perth Scorchers	Jaipur	25 Sep 2013
Chennai Super Kings	242/6	12.10	Dolphins	Bangalore	22 Sep 2014

In the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20), CSK’s 242 is the joint highest total in the tournament’s history, with New Zealand’s Otago having scored 242/4 against Perth Scorchers in 2013. Neil Broom’s scintillating hundred along with Ryan ten Doeschate’s 26-ball 66 helped Otago score the highest total in CLT20 history.

Powered by Suresh Raina’s 90 off just 43 deliveries, CSK posted the joint highest total in CLT20 history

Top 10 team totals in CLT20 history:

Team	Score	Run Rate	Opposition	Venue	Date
Otago	242/4	12.10	Perth Scorchers	Jaipur	25 Sep 2013
CSK	242/6	12.10	Dolphins	Bangalore	22 Sep 2014
RCB	215/8	10.75	South Australia	Bangalore	5 Oct 2011
South Australia	214/2	10.70	RCB	Bangalore	5 Oct 2011
Trinidad & Tobago	213/4	10.65	Eagles	Hyderabad	18 Oct 2009
RCB	206/6	10.30	Somerset	Bangalore	3 Oct 2011
Northern Districts	206/5	10.30	Cape Cobras	Raipur	19 Sep 2014
RCB	204/4 (18.3 ov)	11.02	New South Wales	Bangalore	7 Oct 2011
New South Wales	203/2	10.15	RCB	Bangalore	7 Oct 2011
CSK	202/4	10.10	SRH	Ranchi	26 Sep 2013

Note – *Stats are updated up to 22^nd September 2014