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India defeated Australia in the fourth T20I match by 20 runs and also sealed the five-match T20I series by 3-1 margin, with one more T20I yet to be played. Australia invited India to bat first and posted 174 runs on board with the help of decent contribution with the bat from Rinku Singh and Jitesh Sharma, respectively.
Australian batters struggled to play Indian spinners in this game as both Axar Patel and Ravi Bishnoi picked four wickets and conceded only 33 runs in their quota of 8 overs. Among Aussie batters, only Travis Head and Matthew Wade made good contributions with the bat in second innings.
Numbers and stats from IND vs AUS 4th T20I game:
3/16 - Axar Patel ended with a bowling figure of 3/16 in this game.
Axar Patel's best bowling figures in T20Is:
3/9 vs New Zealand in Kolkata, 2021
3/15 vs West Indies in Lauderhill, 2022
3/16 vs Australia in Raipur, 2023
3/17 vs Zimbabwe in Harare, 2015
3/17 vs Australia in Mohali, 2022
Most wickets in India vs Australia T20Is:
Jasprit Bumrah - 16
Axar Patel - 13
Ravichandran Ashwin - 10
4 - For the fourth time, India have won a five-match T20I series.
India's performance in five-match T20I series:
Won 5-0 vs New Zealand, 2020 (Away)
Won 3-2 vs England, 2021 (Home)
Drawn 2-2 vs South Africa, 2022 (Home)
Won 4-1 vs West Indies, 2022 (Away)
Lost 2-3 vs West Indies, 2023 (Away)
Won 3-1 vs Australia, 2023 (Home) - One more game left
5 - Matthew Wade became fifth player to complete 50 catches as wicketkeeper in T20Is.
Most catches taken as wicketkeeper in T20Is:
Quinton de Kock - 76
Jos Buttler - 58
MS Dhoni - 57
Irfan Karim - 51
Matthew Wade - 50
18 - India defeated Australia for the 18th time in men's T20I.
Most matches won 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 - 18 vs Australia
108 - Cameron Green became 108th player to debut for Australia in men's T20I.
Most players used by a team in men's T20I:
India - 110
Pakistan - 110
Australia - 108
Sri Lanka - 107
116 - Ruturaj Gaikwad became the fastest to complete 4000 runs in T20 cricket among Indian batters from just 116 innings.
Fastest to complete 4000 runs in T20 cricket (by innings batted):
Chris Gayle - 107
Shaun Marsh - 113
Babar Azam - 115
Devon Conway - 116
Ruturaj Gaikwad - 116
174 - Rinku Singh has scored 174 runs in his T20I career.
Most runs for India by a batter in first five T20I innings:
Deepak Hooda - 215
KL Rahul - 187
Rinku Singh - 174
465 - Matthew Wade has scored 465 runs against India in men's T20I.
Most runs vs India in men's T20I:
Nicholas Pooran - 592 (20 inns)
Glenn Maxwell - 554 (20 inns)
Aaron Finch - 500 (18 inns)
Jos Buttler - 475 (18 inns)
Matthew Wade - 465 (13 inns)
Wade has scored 465 runs at an average of 66.42 with a strike rate of 158.16 against India in T20Is.