In the recently concluded five-match T20I series between India vs Australia, team India has registered a series win on a 4-1 margin with the help of a brilliant all-round performance which has helped them to create a new record of winning 19 T20I games in Australia overall.
Here, in this article, we will have a look at which team holds the record for winning most games against an opposition in T20Is and where does India vs Australia rivalry stands in that head-to-head battle.
Most wins against a team in men's T20I:
Pakistan - 20 vs New Zealand
England - 19 vs Pakistan
India - 19 vs Sri Lanka
India - 19 vs West Indies
India - 19 vs Australia
Now, the Indian team have won 19 T20I matches against three different opponents like Sri Lanka, West Indies and Australia which have put them on a higher rank in the above list.
India recently completed a series win against Sri Lanka in January 2023 by 2-1 margin and lost a five-match series against West Indies by 2-3 margin to help team India register 19 wins against both these opponents.
India's 19 victories against Australia in T20Is:
- Beat Australia by 15 runs in the 2007 T20 WC semi-finals
- Beat Australia by 7 wickets at Mumbai(BS), 2007
- Beat Australia by 8 wickets at Melbourne, 2012
- Beat Australia by 6 wickets at Rajkot, 2013
- Beat Australia by 73 runs at Mirpur, 2014 T20 WC
- Beat Australia by 3-0 (3) margin in 2016 at Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney
- Beat Australia by 6 wickets at Mohali, 2016 T20 WC
- Beat Australia by 9 wickets at Ranchi, 2017
- Beat Australia by 6 wickets at Sydney, 2018
- Beat Australia by 2-1 (3) margin in 2020 at Canberra, Sydney
- Beat Australia by 2-1 (3) margin in 2022 at Nagpur, Hyderabad
- Beat Australia by 4-1 (5) margin in 2023 at Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Raipur, Bengaluru