India are nearly through to the semi-finals of the 2024 T20 World Cup and will hope to confirm their place in the knockouts when they face fellow former champions Australia in St Lucia on Monday.
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The Men in Blue currently find themselves leading Group 1 with a couple of lopsided wins in as many outings in the Super 8s. After thrashing Afghanistan by 47 runs in Barbados on Thursday, they handed Bangladesh a 50-run hammering in Antigua on Saturday, posting 196/5 on the board and restricting the Tigers to 146/8 in reply.
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The Rohit Sharma-led side will be setting their sights on topping their Super 8s group with a victory on Monday, which could also knock the Aussies out besides sealing India’s place in the semis. Australia, after all, suffered a stunning upset at the hands of Afghanistan in St Vincent on Saturday that has suddenly put their T20 World Cup campaign in jeopardy.
Before the two cricketing giants lock horns at the Daren Sammy Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia on Monday, we take a look at their head-to-head record in T20Is and other statistics:
India vs Australia T20I head-to-head record:
Matches: 31
India won: 19
Australia won: 11
Tied: 0
No Result: 1
Last 10 T20I meetings between India and Australia:
6 December 2020, Sydney: India won by 6 wickets
8 December 2020, Sydney: Australia won by 12 runs
20 September 2022, Mohali: Australia won by 4 wickets
23 September 2022, Nagpur: India won by 6 wickets
Impact Shorts
More Shorts25 September 2022, Hyderabad: India won by 6 wickets
23 November 2023, Visakhapatnam: India won by 2 wickets
26 November 2023, Thiruvananthapuram: India won by 44 runs
28 November 2023, Guwahati: Australia won by 5 wickets
1 December 2023, Raipur: India won by 20 runs
3 December 2023, Bengaluru: India won by 6 runs
India vs Australia in T20 World Cup
India lead Australia 3-2 in T20 World Cup meetings, winning their most recent encounter in Mohali by six wickets in the 2016 edition.
The Men in Blue had defeated the Aussies by 15 runs in their semi-final meeting in Durban in 2007 while Australia would win the next two meetings in the 2010 and 2012 editions by 49 runs and 9 wickets respectively.
India would draw level with a thumping 73-run win in 2014 before a Virat Kohli special two years later would help them surge ahead.
India vs Australia stats and records (T20Is)
Most runs for India: Virat Kohli (794 runs)
Most runs for Australia: Glenn Maxwell (554 runs)
Top wicket-taker for India: Jasprit Bumrah (16)
Top wicket-taker for Australia: Jason Behrendorff (13)
Highest total: 235/4 by India on 26 November 2023
Lowest total: 74 by India on 1 February 2008
Biggest win (By runs): India beat Australia by 73 runs on 30 March 2014
Biggest win (By wickets): Australia beat India by 9 wickets on 1 February, 2008
Smallest win (By runs): Australia beat India by 4 runs on 21 November 2018
Smallest win (By wickets): India beat Australia by 2 wickets on 23 November 2023
Highest individual score: Shane Watson – 124 not out off 71 balls on 31 January 2016
Best bowling figures: Ravichandran Ashwin – 4/11 on 30 March 2014
Most sixes in an innings: Glenn Maxwell – 9 sixes on 27 February, 2019
Most sixes for Australia against India: Glenn Maxwell – 37 sixes from 21 matches
Most sixes for India against Australia: Virat Kohli – 26 sixes from 22 matches
Most matches won as captain: MS Dhoni (9 wins for India)