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Team India will be playing their fifth and final T20I match of the series against Australia at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday, 3 December 2023. The Indian team before playing the three-match T20I series against South Africa next week, would love to make some experiments in the side as they have already sealed the five-match T20I series 3-1. Hence, a few players like Washington Sundar and Shivam Dube, who haven't got a chance might find a place in the Playing XI in the final T20I in Bengaluru.
Numbers and stats ahead of IND vs AUS 5th T20I game:
6 - India have played six T20I games at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru and notably in all six, they have batted first.
India in T20Is in Bengaluru:
Played - 6
Won - 2
Lost - 3
NR - 1
Overall, five out of eight T20I matches in Bengaluru have been won by teams chasing first.
Australia have won two out of two T20I matches they have played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
11 - Jason Behrendorff has taken 11 wickets against India in T20Is.
Most wickets for Australia vs India in men's T20I:
Adam Zampa - 12 (14 inns)
Jason Behrendorff - 11 (8 inns)
Shane Watson - 10 (8 inns)
20 - Suryakumar Yadav needs 20 more runs to become the fourth batsman to complete 2000 runs for India in T20Is.
Most runs for India in men's T20I:
Virat Kohli - 4008 (107 inns)
Rohit Sharma - 3853 (140 inns)
KL Rahul - 2265 (68 inns)
Suryakumar Yadav - 1980 (54 inns)
32 - Ravi Bishnoi has taken 32 wickets in his T20I career.
Most wickets for India in T20Is since Ravi Bishnoi's debut:
Arshdeep Singh - 56
Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 37
Yuzvendra Chahal - 32
Ravi Bishnoi - 32
35 - Matthew Wade needs 35 more runs to become the third Australian to complete 500 runs against India in T20Is.
Most runs for Australia vs India in men's T20I:
Glenn Maxwell - 554 (20 inns)
Aaron Finch - 500 (18 inns)
Matthew Wade - 465 (13 inns)
Wade has scored 465 runs against India at an average of 66.42 and strike rate of 158.16.
50 - Axar Patel will be playing his 50th T20I match, if he isn't rested for the fifth T20I.
Axar Patel has taken 13 wickets from 7 innings against Australia which is second most for any Indian bowler after Jasprit Bumrah.
213 - Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored 213 runs against Australia in this five-match T20I series so far.
Most runs by a batsman for India in a bilateral T20I series:
Virat Kohli - 231 vs England in 2021
KL Rahul - 224 vs New Zealand in 2020
Ruturaj Gaikwad - 213 vs Australia in 2023
Gaikwad needs 19 more runs to surpass Virat Kohli and become the highest run-scorer for India in a T20I bilateral series.