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India reaches 300 T20Is and records its 200th win
India beat New Zealand by four wickets in Christchurch in a men’s T20 International on Saturday.
The match gave India a record 300 T20Is played, making it the first team to reach that mark; another account described India as the second team to do so after Pakistan.
The win was also India’s 200th in the format, while Pakistan has 176 wins from 304 matches.
Chasing New Zealand’s 180 for five, India were in trouble at 70 for five.
Tilak Varma and Nitish Kumar Reddy added 69 unbeaten runs for the seventh wicket to take India to 181 for six with one ball left.
The result puts India ahead of Pakistan in total wins despite playing four fewer matches.
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India became the first team to play 300 men’s T20 Internationals and recorded its 200th win in the format.
The milestone came in a four-wicket victory over New Zealand in Christchurch on Saturday.
India chased New Zealand’s 180/5, reaching 181/6 in 19.5 overs with one ball to spare.
Tilak Varma scored an unbeaten 51 off 26 balls, and Nitish Kumar Reddy made an unbeaten 26 off 13.
India has played 300 T20Is, winning 200, losing 83, tying seven and having 10 end without a result.
- Who
- India and New Zealand’s men’s cricket teams.
- What
- India played its 300th T20I and recorded its 200th win, beating New Zealand by four wickets.
- When
- Saturday; the articles were published on October 24 and 25, 2026.
- Where
- Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Why
- India was chasing New Zealand’s total of 180/5.
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India played its 300th T20I against New Zealand at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
India chased 180/5 to win by four wickets and record its 200th T20I victory.
- India matches
- 300 T20Is
- India wins
- 200
- India losses
- 83
- India ties
- 7
- India no-results
- 10
- Match result
- India 181/6 in 19.5 overs; New Zealand 180/5