India's big tour of Australia will commence with a three-match T20I series starting in Brisbane on 21 November. Given both team's recent performance India is favorite to win this series. India has been unbeaten in their last eight T20I series and tournament and the return of captain Virat Kohli will further boost their confidence.
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, and Rishabh Pant all are in good touch and will be looking forward to scoring plenty of runs in Australia as well. In bowling Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal will be the key players.
On the other hand, Australia has been going through a bad phase and haven't won any series since this February and are on a six-match losing streak in T20Is. They have to play some exceptional brand of cricket to beat this inform Indian team.
All the numbers you need to know about India vs Australia T20I history :
1. Head to Head -
Venue | T20Is | Won by AUS | Won by IND | Tied | NR |
Australia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
India | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Neutral | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Overall | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2. Highest totals -
202/4 - India at Rajkot, 2013
201/7 - Australia at Rajkot, 2013
200/3 - India at Sydney, 2016
197/5 - Australia at Sydney, 2016
188/5 - India at Durban, 2007
3. Lowest totals -
74 - India at Melbourne, 2008
86 - Australia at Dhaka, 2014
118 - India at Guwahati, 2017
131 - Australia at Melbourne, 2012
135 - India at Bridgetown, 2010
4. Most runs -
Virat Kohli - 423
Aaron Finch - 342
Shane Watson - 324
Yuvraj Singh - 283
Rohit Sharma - 283
5. Highest batting average (Min 100 runs) -
Virat Kohli - 60.42
Yuvraj Singh - 56.60
Shane Watson - 50.33
Aaron Finch - 42.75
Mathew Wade - 41.66
6. Highest individual scores -
124* - Shane Watson at Sydney, 2016
90* - Virat Kohli at Adelaide, 2016
89 - Aaron Finch at Rajkot, 2013
82* - Virat Kohli at Mohali, 2016
79* - Rohit Sharma at Bridgetown, 2010
7. Most fifty-plus scores -
Virat Kohli - 4
Shane Watson / Rohit Sharma / Yuvraj Singh - 3
Gautam Gambhir / David Warner / Aaron Finch - 2
8. Most runs in a T20I series -
199 - Virat Kohli in AUS, 2016
151 - Shane Watson in AUS, 2016
143 - Rohit Sharma in AUS, 2016
118 - Aaron Finch in AUS, 2016
104 - Mathew Wade in AUS, 2012
9. Most wickets -
Jasprit Bumrah - 10
Shane Watson / R Ashwin - 10
Ravindra Jadeja - 8
Bhuvneshwar Kumar / Yuvraj Singh / Hardik Pandya - 6
10. Best bowling figures in an innings -
4/11 - R Ashwin at Dhaka, 2014
4/21 - Jason Behrendorff at Guwahati, 2017
3/11 - Nathan Bracken at Melbourne, 2008
3/21 - Shaun Tait at Bridgetown, 2010
3/23 - Jasprit Bumrah at Adelaide, 2016
11. Best bowling average (Min 5 wickets) -
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 13.16
Yuvraj Singh - 15.16
R Vinay Kumar - 15.80
Jasprit Bumrah - 17.70
Shane Watson - 22.40
12. Most wickets in a T20I series -
6 - Jasprit Bumrah in AUS, 2016
5 - Ravindra Jadeja in AUS, 2016
4 - Jason Behrendroff in IND, 2017
4 - R Ashwin in AUS, 2016