[1][2] 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",[3] and it was noted by ESPNcricinfo that but for a large score for Ricky Ponting, "the concept would have shuddered".
[10] The Czech Republic national cricket team against Turkey during the 2019 Continental Cup scored 278/4 to equal the record.
[16] The lowest score conceded by Sri Lanka for a full inning is 39 when they dismissed the Netherlands during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
[16] 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.
[21] The lowest match aggregate in T20I history for Sri Lanka is 79 scored during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 against Netherlands.
[27] The largest victory recorded by Sri Lanka is during the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 against the Netherlands when they won by 9 wickets with 90 balls remaining.
[26] Australia holds the record for the highest successful run chase which they achieved when they scored 245/5 in response to New Zealand's 243/6.
[37] A tie can occur when the scores of both teams are equal at the conclusion of play, provided that the side batting last has completed their innings.
[95] Suryakumar Yadav of India holds the record for highest strike rate, with minimum 250 balls faced qualification, with 179.56.
Jehan Mubarak with his innings of 46* off 13 balls against Kenya in the same tournament holds the top position for a Sri Lanka player in this list.
[107] Tillakaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka, Pakistan's Umar Akmal and Ireland's Kevin O'Brien has scored the equal highest number of ducks in T20Is with 10 such knocks.
[130] India's Deepak Chahar holds the world record for best figures in an innings when he took 6/7 against Bangladesh in November 2019 at Nagpur.
Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer, is second behind Sandeep with an overall career average of 14.42 runs per wicket.
[137] Pakistan's Umar Gul, Afghanistan's Rashid Khan & Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan has taken the most four-wickets (or over) among all the bowlers.
The best economy rate in an inning, when a minimum of 12 balls are delivered by the bowler, is Sri Lankan player Nuwan Kulasekara economy of 0.00 during his spell of 0 runs for 1 wicket in 2 overs against Netherlands at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the 2014 ICC World Twenty20.
Ajantha Mendis during both six-wicket spells in an inning also recorded the best strike rate for a Sri Lankan bowler.
[145][146][147] Kasun Rajitha also holds the dubious distinction of most runs conceded in a T20I during the aforementioned match.
[154] The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads.
[164] Kumar Sangakkara is the highest ranked Sri Lankan wicket keeper in the all-time list of taking most dismissals in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper, which is headed by India's MS Dhoni and West Indian Denesh Ramdin.
[a] The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field.
[177][178] South Africa's David Miller holds the record for the most catches in T20Is by a non-wicket-keeper with 62, followed by New Zealand's Martin Guptill with 58 and Shoaib Malik of Pakistan on 50.
[181][182] The 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, which saw Netherlands retain their title,[184] saw the record set for the most catches taken by a non-wicket-keeper in a T20I series.
Thisara Perera with 6 catches in the 2018 Nidahas Trophy is the leading Sri Lankan fielder on this list.
[185] India's Rohit Sharma holds the record for the most T20I matches played with 148, followed by Shoaib Malik of Pakistan with 124 and Martin Guptil of New Zealand with 122 games.
[187] Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad and Asghar Afghan hold the record for the most consecutive T20I matches played with 58.
[189] MS Dhoni, who led the Indian cricket team from 2007 to 2016, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in T20Is with 72.
[190] The youngest player to play in a T20I match is Marian Gherasim at the age of 14 years and 16 days.
Making his debut for Romania against the Bulgaria on 16 October 2020 in the first T20I of the 2020 Balkan Cup[194] thus becoming the youngest to play in a men's T20I match.
The highest T20I partnership by runs for any wicket is held by the Afghan pairing of Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani who put together an opening wicket partnership of 236 runs during the Ireland v Afghanistan series in India in 2019[205] An umpire in cricket is a person who officiates the match according to the Laws of Cricket.