In the recently held T20I match, Mongolia was all out for just 12 runs against Japan. After being smashed by Japanese batter Sabaorish Ravichandran, who played an impressive knock of 69 runs in 39 balls, when Mongolia came to bat to chase a giant total of 217 runs, their batters slipped like they were dropping cards in a deck, one after the other!
No batter even crossed five runs. However, this is not the first time that teams have registered scores of less than 30 runs. There have been many instances where team batters have been bundled out one after another. Let’s have a look at all the teams that have registered the lowest scores in T20I cricket.
List of the lowest innings totals in T20I cricket
| Team | Against | Score | Year |
| Isle of Man | Spain | 10 | 2023 |
| Mongolia | Japan | 12 | 2024 |
| Turkey | Czech Rep | 21 | 2019 |
| China | Malaysia | 23 | 2023 |
| Rwanda | Nigeria | 24 | 2023 |
| Lesotho | Uganda | 26 | 2021 |
| China | Thailand | 26 | 2023 |
| Turkey | Luxembourg | 28 | 2019 |
| Thailand | Malaysia | 30 | 2022 |
| Mali | Rwanda | 30 | 2022 |
| Cayman Is | Canada | 30 | 2023 |
Mongolia joins the list
Mongolia suffered annihilation at the hands of Japan. Kato Stafford clinched 5 wickets during this process, whereas Abdul Samad, Japan’s premier medium-pacer, claimed 2.
Looking at Mongolia’s scorecard, it looks more of a pin code than a cricket scorecard, as Japanese bowlers totally dominated the game and won by 205 runs. Looking at the T20 series scenario between both teams. Japan is leading the series with a 2-0 scoreline in 7 games.
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