India v Australia, T20I series 2017 – Statistical Preview

Australia, with their full strength side in the T20I format for the first time after more than one year, will be taking on India to make a comeback after a poor ODI series. The Aussies will need some solid effort to defeat the home side who have been in great form and possess a strong record against them.

Here we look at all the key stats and numbers ahead of the series.

3 – Number of times India and Australia have played a T20I in India. The home side won in all the four T20Is. Overall, Australia have lost four out of six T20Is they played in the subcontinental nation.

4 – Number of consecutive fifty-plus scores Virat Kohli has scored in T20Is against Australia. These are the joint-most consecutive 50+ scores for any player against an opposition in T20Is. Kohli has also scored fifty-plus in his last four T20I innings against Sri Lanka.

6 – Number of consecutive wins in T20I cricket for India against Australia. The last time Australia defeated India in a T20I game was in 2012 WT20.

7 – Number of Australian captains who have played against India in T20Is. Virat will be India’s 2nd captain in T20I against Australia as MS Dhoni captained them in all the 13 matches they played against Australia.

7 – Jasprit Bumrah has picked up seven wickets in T20I format against Australia in four games. These are the most wickets in India-Australia T20Is among current players.

9 – Team India has won nine T20Is out of the 13 games they played against Australia. Only four teams have won 10 and more T20Is against a single opposition.

13 – Number of T20I matches played between India and Australia so far. MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are the only players to appear in all 13.

401 – Runs Virat Kohli has aggregated in T20I cricket against Australia. Only Martin Guptill (424 runs against South Africa) and Mohammad Shahzad (406 runs against Ireland) have scored more runs against an opposition than Kohli against Australia in this format.

2016 – The last instance when Steven Smith played a T20I was in 2016 World T20 also against India. Since then, he missed out from all the five T20Is Australia played.