After defeating Australia in the fourth game of the current five-match series on Friday, India breaks Pakistan’s T20I record in a match against Australia with the most Twenty20 International victories. With 136 victories following their third victory in the five-match series, the Men in Blue broke the previous record held by Pakistan and took the top spot in the table.
With 135 victories, the Men in Green dropped to second position in the meantime. New Zealand, with 102 victories, comes in third place on the list. India defeated the Mathew Wade-led team by 20 runs in today’s match at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, to take an unbeatable 3-1 lead over Australia in the Twenty20 International Series.
India breaks Pakistan’s T20I record in a match against Australia
As India, batting first, scored a respectable 174/9 in the 20 overs allotted to them. Australia’s 20 overs were limited to 154/7 in response. Captain Suryakumar Yadav decided to bring wrist spinner Ravi Bishnoi into the attack as the game was about to end. The wrist spinner supported his captain’s move by smashing Phillipe’s stumps on the first ball.
On the other side, Australia finished 11.2 overs with 87/4 thanks to Axar Patel (3/16, 4 overs). who removed Travis Head (31 off 16), Aaron Hardie (8 off 9). Ben McDermott (19 off 22). The dangerous Tim David (19 off 20) and Matthew Short (22 off 19) were removed. The Kangaroos reeled at 126/6 after 16.4 overs, despite their best efforts to press forward.
Following the three quick blows, Rinku Singh and Gaikwad engaged in a 48-run standoff of 31 balls. But Australia struck again in the fourteenth over when Tanveer Sangha dismissed Gaikwad. After firing Gaikwad, Jitesh Sharma (35 off 19) boarded Rinku. But in the final overs, Australia claimed five wickets at a cost of just seven runs, and India could not rally. India thus completed their innings in the allotted 20 overs at 174/9.
