392 for 6 is highest in India

Mohandas Menon

India Seniors' total of 392-6 against the India B team at Madras in the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was the highest ever total made in a limited-over match in India.

The total was the second highest by any team in a fifty-over limited-over match. Sri Lanka's total of 398-5 against Kenya in the 1996 World Cup at Kandy remains the highest.

Some of the highest team totals achieved in limited-over matches are listed below:

- 413-4 (60 overs) Somerset v Devon Torquay 1990 (NatWest Trophy)
- 406-5 (60 overs) Leicestershire v Berkshire Leicester 1996 (NatWest Trophy)
- 404-3 (60 overs) Worcestershire v Devon Worcester 1987 (NatWest Trophy)
- 398-5 (50 overs) Sri Lanka v Kenya Kandy 1995-96 (World Cup)
- 392-6 (50 overs) India Sr v India B Chennai 2000-01 (Challenger Trophy)
- 392-5 (60 overs) Warwickshire v Oxfordshire Birmingham 1984 (NatWest Trophy)
Previous highest team total in a limited-over match in India:
- 379-3 (50 overs) Wills XI v Hyderabad Rajkot 1995-96 (Wills Trophy)

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