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

Smallest victories
Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Worcs	1 wicket	2	151	19.4	v Northants	Worcester	13 Jun 2003	T20
Leics	1 wicket	0	159	20.0	v Notts	Nottingham	21 Jun 2003	T20
Yorkshire	1 wicket	0	108	15.0	v Derbyshire	Derby	2 Jul 2004	T20
Saracens	1 wicket	4	122	19.2	v Panadura	Moratuwa	15 Oct 2005	T20
Lahore Lions	1 wicket	1	200	19.5	v K Dolphins	Karachi	24 Feb 2006	T20
Glamorgan	1 wicket	0	186	20.0	v Somerset	Cardiff	30 Jun 2006	T20
Saracens	1 wicket	3	151	19.3	v Col CC	Colombo (Colts)	28 Feb 2007	T20
Gujarat	1 wicket	1	176	19.5	v Baroda	Mumbai	5 Apr 2007	T20
Tamil Nadu	1 wicket	0	184	20.0	v Kerala	Visakhapatnam	7 Apr 2007	T20
Cape Cobras	1 wicket	4	128	19.2	v Eagles	Cape Town	11 Apr 2008	T20
Wayamba	1 wicket	2	119	19.4	v Basnahira S	Colombo (Colts)	23 Apr 2008	T20
Durham	1 wicket	0	164	20.0	v Notts	Nottingham	25 May 2009	T20
Somerset	1 wicket	0	154	20.0	v Chargers	Hyderabad (Deccan)	10 Oct 2009	T20
Northern D	1 wicket	0	128	20.0	v Canterbury	Christchurch	10 Jan 2010	T20
Guyana	1 wicket	1	135	19.5	v Barbados	Port of Spain	31 Jul 2010	T20
Railways	1 wicket	0	156	20.0	v Vidarbha	Jaipur	21 Oct 2010	T20
Eagles	1 wicket	9	71	18.3	v Tuskers	Harare	20 Nov 2010	T20
England	1 wicket	0	158	20.0	v Australia	Adelaide	12 Jan 2011	T20I # 197
Titans	1 wicket	0	170	20.0	v Lions	Johannesburg	4 Feb 2011	T20
Worcs	1 wicket	5	185	19.1	v Warwickshire	Birmingham	17 Jun 2011	T20
Mum Indians	1 wicket	0	99	20.0	v Trinidad & T	Bangalore	26 Sep 2011	T20
Bangladesh A	1 wicket	3	104	19.3	v W. Indies A	Gros Islet	18 Nov 2011	T20
Sinhalese	1 wicket	10	111	18.2	v Moors	Colombo (RPS)	29 Mar 2012	T20
Ragama	1 wicket	10	149	18.2	v SL Army	Colombo (SSC)	29 Mar 2012	T20
Middlesex	1 wicket	1	155	19.5	v Surrey	The Oval	6 Jul 2012	T20
Netherlands	1 wicket	0	129	20.0	v Bangladesh	The Hague	26 Jul 2012	T20I # 254
Sylhet	1 wicket	2	145	19.4	v Barisal	Dhaka	13 Feb 2013	T20
Kerala	1 wicket	3	108	12.3	v Vidarbha	Indore	28 Mar 2013	T20
Wolves	2 wickets	1	159	19.5	v K Dolphins	Lahore	30 Apr 2005	T20
Yorkshire	2 wickets	1	171	19.5	v Notts	Nottingham	26 Jun 2005	T20
Durham	2 wickets	6	124	19.0	v Yorkshire	Leeds	30 Jun 2005	T20
Tamil Union	2 wickets	1	150	19.5	v Singha SC	Colombo (Bloomfield)	9 Oct 2005	T20
Chilaw	2 wickets	4	132	19.2	v Saracens	Colombo (Bloomfield)	22 Oct 2005	T20
Pakistan A	2 wickets	3	123	19.3	v Australia A	Cairns	23 Jul 2006	T20
Lions	2 wickets	1	182	19.5	v Cape Cobras	Johannesburg	23 Feb 2007	T20
Nondescripts	2 wickets	7	140	18.5	v Sinhalese	Colombo (CCC)	28 Feb 2007	T20
Lions	2 wickets	0	166	20.0	v Dolphins	Durban	28 Feb 2007	T20
Panadura	2 wickets	5	161	19.1	v Lankan CC	Colombo (Burgher)	2 Mar 2007	T20
Ragama	2 wickets	5	132	19.1	v Nondescripts	Colombo (CCC)	2 Mar 2007	T20
Saracens	2 wickets	11	168	18.1	v Chilaw	Colombo (Bloomfield)	3 Mar 2007	T20
Cape Cobras	2 wickets	0	140	20.0	v Warriors	Cape Town	16 Mar 2007	T20
Karnataka	2 wickets	1	137	19.5	v Goa	Visakhapatnam	5 Apr 2007	T20
Punjab	2 wickets	2	106	19.4	v Railways	Mumbai (BS)	15 Apr 2007	T20
Tamil Nadu	2 wickets	2	135	19.4	v Punjab	Mumbai (BS)	21 Apr 2007	T20
Zimbabwe	2 wickets	1	123	19.5	v Warriors	Port Elizabeth	25 Mar 2008	T20
Yorkshire	2 wickets	2	151	19.4	v Lancashire	Leeds	18 Jun 2008	T20
Canterbury	2 wickets	0	160	20.0	v Auckland	Auckland	8 Feb 2009	T20
Basnahira N	2 wickets	4	126	19.2	v Schls Inv XI	Colombo (PSS)	31 Mar 2009	T20
RCB	2 wickets	2	130	19.4	v Super Kings	Durban	14 May 2009	T20
Easterns	2 wickets	0	136	20.0	v Westerns	Bulawayo	14 May 2009	T20
Yorkshire	2 wickets	0	117	20.0	v Durham	Leeds	2 Jun 2009	T20
Gloucs	2 wickets	1	134	19.5	v Northants	Northampton	23 Jun 2009	T20
Maharashtra	2 wickets	7	108	18.5	v Saurashtra	Pune	21 Oct 2009	T20
Tuskers	2 wickets	0	153	20.0	v Rhinos	Harare	16 Feb 2010	T20
New Zealand	2 wickets	1	136	19.5	v Sri Lanka	Providence	30 Apr 2010	T20I # 151
Services	2 wickets	1	134	19.5	v Punjab	Delhi	24 Oct 2010	T20
Guyana	2 wickets	2	176	19.4	v Comb C&C	North Sound	14 Jan 2011	T20
Warriors	2 wickets	0	164	20.0	v Titans	East London	30 Jan 2011	T20
M. Pradesh	2 wickets	1	116	19.5	v Haryana	Hyderabad (Deccan)	15 Mar 2011	T20
Hampshire	2 wickets	4	121	19.2	v Glamorgan	Southampton	8 Jun 2011	T20
Yorkshire	2 wickets	2	123	19.4	v Lancashire	Manchester	10 Jun 2011	T20
Gloucs	2 wickets	3	122	19.3	v Somerset	Bristol	1 Jul 2011	T20
Leics	2 wickets	1	151	19.5	v Derbyshire	Leicester	8 Jul 2011	T20
Trinidad & T	2 wickets	2	138	19.4	v Cape Cobras	Chennai	4 Oct 2011	T20
RCB	2 wickets	0	215	20.0	v South Aust	Bangalore	5 Oct 2011	T20
Goa	2 wickets	0	119	20.0	v Andhra	Chennai	20 Oct 2011	T20
Services	2 wickets	6	114	19.0	v Punjab	Rohtak	24 Oct 2011	T20
Haryana	2 wickets	4	97	19.2	v H. Pradesh	Rohtak	25 Oct 2011	T20
Eagles	2 wickets	11	123	18.1	v Kenya	Harare	17 Nov 2011	T20
Northerns	2 wickets	1	119	19.5	v Gauteng	Centurion	8 Jan 2012	T20
Jamaica	2 wickets	3	132	19.3	v Comb C&C	North Sound	10 Jan 2012	T20
Easterns	2 wickets	5	141	19.1	v Namibia	Benoni	15 Jan 2012	T20
Ireland	2 wickets	2	101	19.4	v Italy	Abu Dhabi	15 Mar 2012	T20
Wolves	2 wickets	1	128	19.5	v P Panthers	Rawalpindi	25 Mar 2012	T20
Mum Indians	2 wickets	0	174	20.0	v Super Kings	Mumbai	6 May 2012	T20
Essex	2 wickets	14	110	17.4	v Middlesex	Chelmsford	5 Jul 2012	T20
Bangladesh	2 wickets	0	141	20.0	v Ireland	Belfast	21 Jul 2012	T20I # 251
Pakistan	2 wickets	2	134	19.4	v South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	28 Sep 2012	T20I # 277
Syd Sixers	2 wickets	0	164	20.0	v Titans	Centurion	26 Oct 2012	T20
Stags	2 wickets	3	153	19.3	v K Dolphins	Lahore	3 Dec 2012	T20
Falcons	2 wickets	1	117	19.5	v Leopards	Lahore	3 Dec 2012	T20
Wolves	2 wickets	0	148	20.0	v K Dolphins	Lahore	6 Dec 2012	T20
Guyana	2 wickets	0	160	20.0	v Comb C&C	Port of Spain	7 Jan 2013	T20
S West D	2 wickets	4	140	19.2	v Northerns	Oudtshoorn	3 Mar 2013	T20
Punjab	2 wickets	62	101	9.4	v H. Pradesh	Gurgaon	22 Mar 2013	T20
Karnataka	2 wickets	2	130	19.4	v Punjab	Indore	26 Mar 2013	T20
U. Pradesh	2 wickets	0	129	20.0	v Baroda	Indore	29 Mar 2013	T20

Records includes the following recent matches:

West Indies A v Sri Lanka A at Kingstown, 1st unofficial T20I, Jun 18, 2013 [Twenty20]

Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians at Kolkata, Indian Premier League final, May 26, 2013 [Twenty20]

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

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