Despite Missing T20 World Cup 2026, This Associate Team Edges Closer to India’s Historic Milestone

The ongoing Croatia tour of Spain has unfolded one of the impressive and standout moments of the list of records, putting them next to the best cricket teams in the world, India. Spain’s latest T20I performance didn’t just turn heads but rewrote expectations from them despite the fact that they missed the T20 World Cup 2026 Selections qualification.

Playing in the fourth match of the tour, Spain smashed a massive total of 290/3 in Murcia, which put them in the list of the highest T20I scores ever recorded by a men’s team, just 9 runs short of India’s iconic highest T20I score of 297/6.

This match was pure domination and delivered shock, precision, and hitting prowess. Honestly, watching Spain pull this off was like an associate nation stepping boldly into a different competitive tier. What happened next was even more shocking: Croatia folded just at 75/8, giving them a win of 215 runs.

Spain Cricket Team Edges Closer to India

Before starting the series, neither Spain nor anyone else had this in mind that they would enter a list of the Highest innings totals in T20I, but by the end of the series, everything had changed. Spain scored 290/3, the nation’s highest total and a performance that now appears alongside the elite numbers in T20I cricket.

With this record, Spain cricket team's record in T20Is sits just behind Indian cricket team's highest T20I score of 297/6 against Bangladesh in Hyderabad in 2024. This total of 297 was built by the Indian team which has some of the most dangerous batsmen in the world. The Indian innings was boosted by Sanju Samson’s 111 and Suryakumar Yadav’s 75 in the Bangladesh tour of India.

The score looked untouchable once, but now with Spain next to India with just a gap of nine runs, it highlights how slim the margins are of them being replaced at the top of the highest T20I score charts. Mohammad Ishan, the man who helped Spain defeat Croatia and register this record, recorded 160 off 63 balls, an innings which is also now the highest individual score by an associate men’s player in T20Is.

Playing with a strike rate of 253, he was accompanied by Hamza Dor, who then hit 91 off 29 balls. Together, the duo built a 147-run partnership, pushing Spain into the record list. This Spain vs Croatia cricket match has now been recorded in the history of records for the Highest innings totals in T20Is. Croatia, in response, couldn’t handle the pressure and were bowled out for 75, giving Spain a dominating win of 215 runs.

Highest T20I Score in Cricket

The T20Is have now become a match of quick shots and some boundaries ending with a competitive total, with Spain record in T20Is fifth on the list which has some of the best T20 teams in the world. The list of highest T20I scores by a team is given below with Zimbabwe still leading it.