After historic Test series and ODI series win over Australia in Australia, India is once again set to play against Australia but this time at home in 2 T20I and 5 match ODI series. This limited overs series will begin with a T20I in Visakhapatnam on 24 February and the second and final T20I will be played in Bangalore on 27 February and after that, both teams will face off in 5-match ODI series that starts in Hyderabad from 2 March.
India have has a good run in T20I format for the last two years and their recent T20I series defeat against New Zealand was the first T20I series defeat since August 2017 and they'll look to return on winning ways against the Aussies and the return of Virat Kohli will further boost the confidence. On the other hand, Australia have been struggling in limited overs for the last 12 months and haven't won any series in these two formats and they'll have to raise thier games to come close against this formidable Indian side. And here is a look at India - Australia T20I history in numbers.
All the numbers you need to know about India - Australia T20I history :
1. Head to Head -
| Venue | T20Is | Won by IND | Won by AUS | Tied | NR |
| India | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Neutral | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
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 -
488 - Virat Kohli
397 - Aaron Finch
313 - Rohit Sharma
302 - Shane Watson
283 - Yuvraj Singh
5. Highest batting average (Min 100 runs) -
61.00 - Virat Kohli
56.60 - Yuvraj Singh
50.33 - Shane Watson
41.66 - Mathew Wade
36.09 - Aaron Finch
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 -
5 - Virat Kohli
3 - Shane Watson / Rohit Sharma / Yuvraj Singh
2 - Gautam Gambhir / David Warner / Aaron Finch
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
117 - Shikhar Dhawan in AUS, 2018
9. Most wickets -
12 - Jasprit Bumrah
10 - Shane Watson / R Ashwin
8 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar / Ravindra Jadeja
6 - Kuldeep Yadav / Yuvraj Singh / Hardik Pandya
10. Best bowling figures in an innings -
4/11 - R Ashwin at Dhaka, 2014
4/21 - Jason Behrendorff at Guwahati, 2017
4/36 - Krunal Pandya at Sydney, 2018
3/11 - Nathan Bracken at Melbourne, 2008
3/21 - Shaun Tait at Bridgetown, 2010
11. Best bowling average (Min 5 wickets) -
15.16 - Yuvraj Singh
15.80 - R Vinay Kumar
16.00 - Adam Zampa
18.37 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar
21.33 - Jasprit Bumrah
12. Most wickets in a T20I series -
6 - Jasprit Bumrah in AUS, 2016
5 - Ravindra Jadeja in AUS, 2016
5 - Krunal Pandya in AUS, 2018
4 - Jason Behrendroff in IND, 2017
4 - R Ashwin in AUS, 2016
