Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the highest T20 standard. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. The first Twenty20 International match between two men's sides was played on 17 February 2005, involving Australia and New Zealand. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "neither side took the game especially seriously", and it was noted by Cricinfo that but for a large score for Ricky Ponting, "the concept would have shuddered". However, Ponting himself said "if it does become an international game then I'm sure the novelty won't be there all the time". This is a list of Afghanistan Cricket team's Twenty20 International records. It is based on the List of Twenty20 International records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the Afghan cricket team. Afghanistan played its first ever T20I in 2010.
Key The top five records are listed for each category, except for the team wins, losses, draws and ties, all round records and the partnership records. Tied records for fifth place are also included. Explanations of the general symbols and cricketing terms used in the list are given below. Specific details are provided in each category where appropriate. All records include matches played for Afghanistan only, and are correct .
+ Key Symbol Meaning Player or umpire is currently active in T20I cricket Even took place during a T20 World Cup * Player remained not out or partnership remained unbroken ♠ Twenty20 International cricket record Date Starting date of the match Innings Number of innings played Matches Number of matches played Opposition The team Afghanistan was playing against Period The time period when the player was active in T20I cricket Player The player involved in the record Venue Twenty20 International cricket ground where the match was played
Team records Overall record MatchesWonLostTiedNRWin % 163 98 61 3 1 60.49Last updated: 19 February 2026
Team wins, losses, draws and ties , Afghanistan has played 163 T20I matches resulting in 98 victories, 61 defeats, 3 ties and 1 no results for an overall winning percentage of 60.49.
OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedNo Result% Won Full Members 2 1 1 0 0 50.00 16 7 9 0 0 43.75 3 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 7 1 1 026 18 7 1 0 69.233 1 2 0 0 33.33 10 4 6 0 0 40.004 0 3 1 0 0 9 3 6 0 0 33.3311 5 6 0 0 45.4521 19 2 0 0 90.47 Associate Members3 3 0 0 0 1006 4 2 0 0 66.673 2 1 0 0 66.671 1 0 0 0 1001 0 1 0 0 04 2 2 0 0 50.005 5 0 0 0 1002 2 0 0 0 1001 1 0 0 0 1007 7 0 0 0 100 14 11 3 0 0 78.571 1 0 0 0 100Total16398613160.49
First bilateral T20I series wins
Opponent Year of first Home win Year of first Away win 2018 — — YTP YTP — 2017 2018 – YTP 2015 2023 — 2013 YTP YTP — 2016 2019 — 2016 2015 Last Updated: 19 February 2026
First T20I match wins
Opponent Home Away / Neutral Venue Year Venue Year YTP Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and Grenadines 2024 Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, India 2018 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 2019 ICC Global Cricket Academy, Dubai, UAE 2012 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2010 YTP — Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh 2014 YTP — Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2017 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 2010 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 2013 YTP YTP YTP Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2021 — Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 2012 The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland 2015 YTP Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 2024 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2015 Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Ireland 2015 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 2023 - YTP Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Ireland 2015 West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2025 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 2013 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2010 YTP — Dubai International Stadium, UAE2022 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Danbulla, Sri Lanka 2024 YTP Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 2024 The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland 2015 Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, India 2019 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, India 2016 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 2016 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 2015 Last Updated: 19 February 2026
Team scoring records
Most runs in an innings The highest innings total scored in T20Is has been scored twice. The first occasion came in the match between Afghanistan and Ireland when Afghanistan scored 278/3 in the 2nd T20I of the Ireland series in India in February 2019. The Czech Republic national cricket team against Turkey during the 2019 Continental Cup scored 278/4 to equal the record.
Rank Score Opposition Venue Date1 Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, India 2 Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida, India 3 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 4 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India 5 The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland Last Updated: 19 February 2026
Fewest runs in an innings The lowest innings total scored was by Turkey against Czech Republic when they were dismissed for 21 during the 2019 Continental Cup. The lowest score in T20I history for Afghanistan is 56 scored against South Africa in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup semi-final.
Rank Score Opposition Venue Date1 Brian Lara Cricket Academy, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago 2 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 3 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 4 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Last Updated: 19 February 2026
Most runs conceded an innings The final of the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier against the Ireland saw Afghanistan concede their highest innings total of 225/7.
Rank Score Opposition Venue Date1 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 2 Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia 3 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 4 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India 5 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE Last Updated: 19 February 2026
Fewest runs conceded in an innings The lowest score conceded by Afghanistan for a full inning is 56 when they dismissed Kenya during the Kenya v Afghanistan series in the UAE in September 2013 at Sharjah.
Rank Score Opposition Venue Date1 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 2 Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 3 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 4 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 5 Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana Last Updated: 19 February 2026
Most runs aggregate in a match The highest match aggregate scored in T20Is came in the match between India and West Indies in the first T20I of the August 2016 series at Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill when India scored 244/4 in response to West Indies score of 245/6 to lose the match by 1 run. The 2nd T20I of the Ireland v Afghanistan series in India in February 2019 in Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, India saw a total of 472 runs being scored.
Rank Aggregate Scores Venue Date1 (278/3) v (194/6) Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, India 2 (233/8) v (205) Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida, India 3 (212/4) v (212/6) M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India 4 (209/5) v (206/6) Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla, Sri Lanka 5 (210/7) v (178/8) Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, India Last Updated: 21 February 2024
Fewest runs aggregate in a match The lowest match aggregate in T20Is is 57 when Turkey were dismissed for 28 by Luxembourg in the second T20I of the 2019 Continental Cup in Romania in August 2019. The lowest match aggregate in T20I history for Afghanistan is 146 scored during the final of the 2017 Desert T20 Challenge against Ireland when Afghanistan dismissed Ireland for 71 to win by 10 wickets.
Rank Aggregate Scores Venue Date1 (71) v (75/0) Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 2 (72) v (78/1) Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh 3 (95/5) v (56/3) Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast, Northern Ireland 4 (90) v (92/3) Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 5 (92/9) v (98/4) Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Last Updated: 8 September 2022
Result records A T20I match is won when one side has scored more runs than the runs scored by the opposing side during their innings. If both sides have completed both their allocated innings and the side that fielded last has the higher aggregate of runs, it is known as a win by runs. This indicates the number of runs that they had scored more than the opposing side. If the side batting last wins the match, it is known as a win by wickets, indicating the number of wickets that were still to fall.
Greatest win margins (by runs) The greatest winning margin by runs in T20Is was Czech Republic's victory over Turkey by 257 runs in the sixth match of the 2019 Continental Cup. The largest victory recorded by Afghanistan was during the Kenya v Afghanistan series in the UAE in September 2013 by 106 runs.
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 130 Runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 2 125 Runs Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana 3 106 Runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 4 84 Runs Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, India Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana Last Updated: 7 November 2021
Greatest win margins (by balls remaining) The greatest winning margin by balls remaining in T20Is was Austria's victory over Turkey by 104 balls remaining in the ninth match of the 2019 Continental Cup. The largest victory recorded by Afghanistan is during the final of the 2017 Desert T20 Challenge against Ireland when they won by 10 wickets with 73 balls remaining.
Rank Balls remaining Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 73 10 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 2 59 8 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 3 32 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE 4 16 8 wickets The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland 5 15 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Last Updated: 27 August 2022
Greatest win margins (by wickets) A total of 22 matches have ended with chasing team winning by 10 wickets with New Zealand winning by such margins a record three times. Afghanistan have won a T20I match by this margin on one occasion.
Rank Margin Opposition Venue Date 1 10 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 2 8 wickets The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka, BangladeshDubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 5 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Last updated: 8 September 2022
Highest successful run chases Australia holds the record for the highest successful run chase which they achieved when they scored 245/5/9 in response to New Zealand's 243/6. Afghanistan's highest innings total while chasing is 191/5 in a successful run chase against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Zimbabwe during the Afghanistan's tour of Zimbabwe in 2015.
Rank Score Target Opposition Venue Date 1 191 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 2 180 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE 3 166 Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida, India 4 165 The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland 166 Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah, Bangladesh Last Updated: 9 August 2020
Narrowest win margins (by runs)