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The 2023 World Cup finalists India and Australia will face each other in a five-match T20I series starting from tomorrow at Visakhapatnam. Both India and Australia have rested their key players who were part of this long ODI World Cup tournament, hence lot of new faces are expected to get an opportunity in this series which can be seen as a preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 which is set to be hosted at USA and West Indies.
Numbers and Stats before start of IND vs AUS 1st T20I game:
2 - India have won two out of three T20I matches played at Visakhapatnam.
Indian men's team results at Visakhapatnam in T20Is:
- Beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets, 2016
- Lost to Australia by 3 wickets, 2019
- Beat South Africa by 48 runs, 2022
India's only T20I loss at that venue came against Australia in the past.
7 - Matthew Wade has played 7 matches as captain in T20Is.
Matthew Wade as captain in T20Is:
- - Lost to India by 6 wickets at Sydney, 2020
- - Lost a five-match series against Bangladesh by a 1-4 margin, 2021 (A)
- - Beat Afghanistan by 4 runs at Adelaide, 2022 T20 WC
13 - Suryakumar Yadav will become 13th player to lead India in men's T20I.
Players to captain India in men's T20I:
- Virender Sehwag (2006)
- MS Dhoni (2007-16)
- Suresh Raina (2010-11)
- Ajinkya Rahane (2015)
- Virat Kohli (2017-21)
- Rohit Sharma (2017-22)
- Shikhar Dhawan (2021)
- Rishabh Pant (2022)
- Hardik Pandya (2022-23)
- KL Rahul (2022)
- Jasprit Bumrah (2023)
- Ruturaj Gaikwad (2023)
Since 2021, eight players have captained India in men's T20I and Suryakumar Yadav is expected to become ninth player to lead this Indian side.
15 - India have won 15 out of 26 matches against Australia in T20Is.
India vs Australia in men's T20I:
- Played - 26
- India - 15
- Australia - 10
- No Result - 1
India vs Australia in T20Is on Indian soil:
- Won an one-off match at Mumbai(BS), 2007
- Won a one-off match at Rajkot, 2013
- Won by 6 wickets at Mohali, 2016 T20 WC
- Levelled by 1-1 (3) margin in 2017
- Lost by 0-2 (2) margin in 2019
- Won by 2-1 (3) margin in 2022
40 - Marcus Stoinis needs 40 more runs to complete 5000 runs in T20 cricket.
54 - Arshdeep Singh has taken 54 wickets in T20Is since 2022.
Most wickets as bowler in T20Is since 2022 (among Test playing nations):
- Arshdeep Singh - 54 (36 inns)
- Mark Adair - 47 (40 inns)
- Josh Little - 45 (33 inns)
63 - Tilak Varma needs 63 more runs to complete 2000 runs in T20 cricket.
172.7 - Suryakumar Yadav's career strike rate of 172.7 in T20Is is highest for any batsman who has played a minimum of 25 innings among batters who plays for full-time nations.
Highest career strike rate in T20Is (among full-time nations who has played a min. of 25 inns):
- Suryakumar Yadav - 172.7
- Tim David - 162.95
- Rilee Rossouw - 159.79
Most runs in T20Is since 2022:
- Suryakumar Yadav - 1597 (41 inns)
- Muhammad Waseem - 1402 (37 inns)
- Virandeep Singh - 1334 (41 inns)
Suryakumar Yadav has scored most runs in T20Is since the start of 2022
438 - Glenn Maxwell has scored 438 runs against India in T20Is at an impressive strike rate of 141.74.
Most runs vs India in T20Is:
- Nicholas Pooran - 592 (20 inns)
- Aaron Finch - 500 (18 inns)
- Jos Buttler - 475 (18 inns)
- Glenn Maxwell - 438 (18 inns)
- Dasun Shanaka - 430 (20 inns)
