IND vs JPN Head to Head Records in T20I: Stats, Highest Scorer, Total Runs

The Indian Cricket Team and Japan Cricket Team are set to script history by facing each other for the very time in a T20 international. The match will be played at Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano, Japan, on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at 9:30 AM IST. This one-off T20I match will be part of the Suzuki Cup and will be celebrating the long trusted diplomatic relations of 75 years between India and Japan.

There has been a lot of craze around this match, with Japan all set to play against the best T20 team in the world, and Japan will also become India's 20th opponent in T20Is. This article will focus on the IND vs JPN H2H record along with stats.

IND vs JPN Head to Head Records

As of now, there is no record of India and Japan facing each other in an international men's cricket match. This will be the very first time both teams coming against each other. It will be interesting to see that all of these records will be scripted during the first encounter of JPN vs IND on September 22, 2026.

IND vs JPN T20I Records

If we look at the IND vs JPN T20I records, India has played a total of 290 T20Is, as of now, where they have won the ICC T20 World Cup thrice. India has won 193 matches and the highest score by the Indian Cricket Team is 297 runs. While, on the other hand, Japan has managed to play a total of 62 T20I matches till now, where they have won 41 matches and the highest score scored by Japan is 258 runs.

India vs Japan Squads

The India vs Japan Squads have been revealed by the respective cricket boards. Both teams will be playing almost same squad of the Asian Games, while Japan will be making a few chances. Here are the India vs Japan squads:

India Squad

Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Vipraj Nigam, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.

Japan Squad

Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Captain), Charlie Hara-Hinze, Benjamin Ito-Davis, Alester Kadowaki-Fleming, Kohei Kubota, Jake Kusuda-Nairn, Wataru Miyauchi, Reo Sakurano-Thomas, Alex Shirai-Patmore, Shoma Sugaya-Slater, Declan Suzuki-McComb, Tsuyoshi Takada, Ibrahim Takahashi, Makoto Taniyama, Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake.