Records / Twenty20 matches / Team records / Smallest margin of victory (by runs)

Smallest victories
Winner	Margin	Target	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Leics	1 run	172	v Derbyshire	Leicester	24 Jun 2003	T20
Worcs	1 run	185	v Gloucs	Worcester	2 Jul 2004	T20
Surrey	1 run	134	v Lancashire	Birmingham	7 Aug 2004	T20
Colts	1 run	184	v Bloomfield	Colombo (RPS)	3 Sep 2004	T20
Worcs	1 run	178	v Warwickshire	Worcester	22 Jun 2005	T20
Worcs	1 run	142	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	1 Jul 2005	T20
Essex	1 run	72	v Surrey	Chelmsford	5 Jul 2005	T20
Rhinos	1 run	187	v Leopards	Karachi	24 Feb 2006	T20
Lahore Lions	1 run	164	v Rhinos	Karachi	28 Feb 2006	T20
P Panthers	1 run	188	v Tigers	Karachi	28 Feb 2006	T20
Gloucs	1 run	182	v Worcs	Bristol	29 Jun 2006	T20
Northern D	1 run	145	v Central D	Hamilton	13 Jan 2007	T20
Dolphins	1 run	146	v Cape Cobras	Durban	9 Mar 2007	T20
Gujarat	1 run	115	v Orissa	Mumbai (BS)	15 Apr 2007	T20
Jamaica	1 run	144	v Guyana	Coolidge	23 Feb 2008	T20
Ruhuna	1 run	-	v Kandurata	Colombo (Colts)	17 Apr 2008	T20
Kings XI	1 run	190	v Mum Indians	Mumbai	21 May 2008	T20
Essex	1 run	148	v Kent	Chelmsford	18 Jun 2008	T20
England	1 run	142	v Trinidad & T	Coolidge	28 Oct 2008	T20
Australia	1 run	151	v New Zealand	Sydney	15 Feb 2009	T20I # 83
Kings XI	1 run	135	v Chargers	Johannesburg	17 May 2009	T20
Somerset	1 run	114	v Glamorgan	Cardiff	25 May 2009	T20
Surrey	1 run	126	v Hampshire	The Oval	27 May 2009	T20
South Africa	1 run	129	v New Zealand	Lord's	9 Jun 2009	T20I # 99
Kent	1 run	169	v Surrey	The Oval	24 Jun 2009	T20
Warwickshire	1 run	194	v Somerset	Birmingham	28 Jun 2009	T20
England	1 run	129	v South Africa	Johannesburg	13 Nov 2009	T20I # 124
Central D	1 run	117	v Otago	New Plymouth	6 Jan 2010	T20
Auckland	1 run	163	v Central D	Nelson	17 Jan 2010	T20
Mountaineers	1 run	191	v Rocks	Harare	15 Feb 2010	T20
Kandurata	1 run	164	v Basnahira S	Pallekele	25 Feb 2010	T20
New Zealand	1 run	134	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	8 May 2010	T20I # 167
South Africa	1 run	121	v West Indies	North Sound	20 May 2010	T20I # 179
Eagles	1 run	168	v Rhinos	Harare	21 Nov 2010	T20
Auckland	1 run	156	v Canterbury	Christchurch	12 Dec 2010	T20
Guyana	1 run	113	v Somerset	North Sound	12 Jan 2011	T20
Bengal	1 run	143	v M. Pradesh	Hyderabad (Deccan)	16 Mar 2011	T20
Basnahira	1 run	139	v Comb Prov	Colombo (RPS)	24 Jul 2011	T20
Syd Sixers	1 run	177	v Scorchers	Sydney	18 Jan 2012	T20
Cape Cobras	1 run	181	v Lions	Cape Town	9 Mar 2012	T20
Delhi	1 run	181	v Railways	Mumbai (BS)	24 Mar 2012	T20
Colts	1 run	137	v SL Navy	Colombo	28 Mar 2012	T20
Daredevils	1 run	153	v Royals	Delhi	29 Apr 2012	T20
Mum Indians	1 run	121	v Warriors	Pune	3 May 2012	T20
Bangladesh	1 run	147	v Ireland	Belfast	20 Jul 2012	T20I # 250
New Zealand	1 run	168	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 2012	T20I # 261
India	1 run	153	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	2 Oct 2012	T20I # 286
Otago	1 run	197	v Canterbury	Timaru	27 Dec 2012	T20
Northerns	1 run	115	v Border	Pretoria	27 Jan 2013	T20
H. Pradesh	1 run	79	v Services	Rohtak	17 Mar 2013	T20
KZ-Natal	1 run	136	v Gauteng	Johannesburg	24 Mar 2013	T20
Essex	2 runs	176	v Middlesex	Chelmsford	24 Jun 2003	T20
Victoria	2 runs	164	v West Aus	Perth	6 Jan 2006	T20
South Africa	2 runs	202	v Australia	Johannesburg	24 Feb 2006	T20I # 6
Sri Lanka	2 runs	164	v England	Southampton	15 Jun 2006	T20I # 7
Derbyshire	2 runs	173	v Durham	Chester-le-Street	8 Jul 2006	T20
K Dolphins	2 runs	172	v Wolves	Karachi	21 Dec 2006	T20
S Stallions	2 runs	72	v Zebras	Karachi	22 Dec 2006	T20
Lahore Lions	2 runs	179	v R Rams	Karachi	23 Dec 2006	T20
Canterbury	2 runs	126	v Northern D	Whangarei	29 Jan 2007	T20
Ragama	2 runs	104	v Sinhalese	Colombo (CCC)	1 Mar 2007	T20
Maharashtra	2 runs	140	v Mumbai	Mumbai (BS)	6 Apr 2007	T20
Auckland	2 runs	191	v Northern D	Auckland	20 Jan 2008	T20
Canterbury	2 runs	131	v Otago	Dunedin	20 Jan 2008	T20
Lahore Lions	2 runs	188	v Quetta Bears	Lahore	4 Oct 2008	T20
NSW	2 runs	129	v Victoria	Sydney	17 Jan 2009	T20
Central D	2 runs	173	v Northern D	Hamilton	11 Feb 2009	T20
Royals	2 runs	146	v Mum Indians	Durban	14 May 2009	T20
Sussex	2 runs	64	v Kent	Hove	4 Jun 2009	T20
Saurashtra	2 runs	149	v Gujarat	Poona	25 Oct 2009	T20
Auckland	2 runs	170	v Wellington	Wellington	8 Jan 2010	T20
U.A.E.	2 runs	113	v Uganda	Dubai (DSC)	27 Jan 2010	T20
Australia	2 runs	128	v Pakistan	Melbourne	5 Feb 2010	T20I # 134
Lions	2 runs	185	v Eagles	Bloemfontein	21 Feb 2010	T20
Lahore Lions	2 runs	167	v Tigers	Karachi	4 Mar 2010	T20
Royals	2 runs	160	v Chargers	Nagpur	5 Apr 2010	T20
Mum Indians	2 runs	166	v RCB	Durban	19 Sep 2010	T20
Auckland	2 runs	126	v Wellington	Wellington	14 Dec 2010	T20
Windward Is	2 runs	139	v Guyana	Bridgetown	18 Jan 2011	T20
Tasmania	2 runs	153	v NSW	Sydney	19 Jan 2011	T20
Super Kings	2 runs	154	v KKR	Chennai	8 Apr 2011	T20
Yorkshire	2 runs	153	v Worcs	Leeds	9 Jun 2011	T20
Glamorgan	2 runs	138	v Sussex	Cardiff	23 Jun 2011	T20
KKR	2 runs	122	v Auckland	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19 Sep 2011	T20
L Eagles	2 runs	144	v Zebras	Karachi	25 Sep 2011	T20
M. Pradesh	2 runs	183	v Railways	Indore	20 Oct 2011	T20
Syd Sixers	2 runs	167	v Melb Stars	Sydney	27 Dec 2011	T20
Khulna	2 runs	172	v Sylhet	Chittagong	18 Feb 2012	T20
Ireland	2 runs	108	v Kenya	Mombasa	24 Feb 2012	T20I # 227
Kings XI	2 runs	135	v KKR	Kolkata	15 Apr 2012	T20
Durham	2 runs	143	v Yorkshire	Leeds	15 Jun 2012	T20
K Warriors	2 runs	150	v Wayamba U	Colombo (RPS)	24 Aug 2012	T20
Rajshahi	2 runs	100	v Chittagong	Dhaka	19 Jan 2013	T20
Sri Lanka	2 runs	122	v Australia	Melbourne	28 Jan 2013	T20I # 300
Delhi	2 runs	111	v Haryana	Rohtak	21 Mar 2013	T20
Wolves	2 runs	126	v Lahore Lions	Lahore	30 Mar 2013	T20
RCB	2 runs	157	v Mum Indians	Bangalore	4 Apr 2013	T20

Records includes the following recent matches:

Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals at Kolkata, Indian Premier League, May 24, 2013 [Twenty20]

Rajasthan Royals v Sunrisers Hyderabad at Delhi, Indian Premier League, May 22, 2013 [Twenty20]

Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians at Delhi, Indian Premier League, May 21, 2013 [Twenty20]

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