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After suffering a shocking defeat in the three-match ODI series against the Mitchell Marsh-led Australian team, the Indian team, which is ranked world No. 1 in T20Is, would like to come up with a big show in the five-match series starting Wednesday (October 29). The series opener is scheduled to take place at Manuka Oval in Canberra, and the next four matches will be played in Melbourne (October 31), Hobart (November 2), Gold Coast (November 6) and Brisbane (November 8). Suryakumar Yadav will captain the Indian team in the T20I series, and ODI captain Shubman Gill will be his deputy. Except for Hardik Pandya, who is out of action these days due to an injury, all the other players who were featured in the Asia Cup 2025 are part of the T20I squad, and as Hardik’s replacement, selectors picked Nitish Kumar Reddy and Washington Sundar in the squad on October 4. However, there is a possibility of Reddy missing the series opener due to a left quadriceps injury that he suffered during the second ODI in Adelaide on October 23. Australia, on the other hand, will again play under the leadership of Marsh, and their squad includes the likes of Travis Head, Tim David, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Nathan Ellis and Xavier Bartlett. Josh Hazlewood, who was Australia’s best bowler in the ODI series, will play the first two T20Is, and Glenn Maxwell is available for selection in the last three. In the last 18 years, India and Australia have faced each other 32 times in the shortest format of the game and lead the head-to-head record by 20-11. In Australia as well, India have won 7 out of 12 T20Is played so far between the two teams. Here’s a look at the top performers and record holders in the 32 T20Is played so far between India and Australia. Most wins: India (20 wins in 32 T20Is). Highest total: 235/4 in 20 overs by India in Thiruvananthapuram on November 26, 2023. Lowest total: 74/10 in 17.3 overs by India in Melbourne on February 1, 2008. Biggest win (by runs): India beat Australia by 73 runs in Mirpur on March 30, 2014. Biggest win (by wickets): Australia beat India by 9 wickets (141-run target) at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on September 28, 2012. Smallest win (by runs): Australia beat India by 4 runs in Brisbane on November 21, 2018. Smallest win (by wickets): India beat Australia by 2 wickets in Visakhapatnam on November 23, 2023. Most runs: 794 runs in 23 matches by Virat Kohli of India. Highest score: 121* from 71 balls by Shane Watson of Australia on January 31, 2016, in Sydney. Highest average (minimum five innings): 58.75 by Hardik Pandya of India (235 runs in 14 T20Is). Highest strike rate (minimum 100 balls): 172.61 by Suryakumar Yadav of India (290 runs in 9 T20Is). Most 100s: 2 centuries in 22 T20Is by Glenn Maxwell of Australia. Most 50s: 8 half-centuries in 23 T20Is by Virat Kohli of India. Most ducks: 3 zeroes in 18 T20Is by Aaron Finch of Australia. Most sixes: 38 maximums in 22 T20Is by Glenn Maxwell of Australia. Most sixes in an innings: 9 sixes by Glenn Maxwell during his 113-run knock from 55 balls in Bengaluru on February 27, 2019. Most runs in a series: 223 runs in five matches by Ruturaj Gaikwad of India during Australia’s tour of India in 2023. Most wickets: 17 wickets in 14 T20Is by Jasprit Bumrah of India. Best bowling figures: 4/11 in 3.2 overs by Ravichandran Ashwin of India in Mirpur on March 30, 2014. Most four-wicket hauls: 1 four-fer each by R Ashwin, Krunal Pandya (both from India) and Jason Behrendorff of Australia. Most wickets in a series: 9 wickets in five matches by Ravi Bishnoi of India during Australia’s tour of India in 2023. Most dismissals: 15 (10 catches, 5 stumpings) by MS Dhoni of India in 17 T20Is. Most catches: 10 catches in 23 T20Is by Virat Kohli of India. Highest partnership: 141 runs for the 4th wicket between Tilak Varma and Ruturaj Gaikwad of India in Guwahati on November 28, 2023. Most matches: 23 T20Is each by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli of India. Most matches as captain: 13 T20Is by MS Dhoni for India. Most wins as captain: 9 wins in 13 T20Is by MS Dhoni of India. In the last T20I match played between India and Australia at Gros Islet on June 24, 2024, India successfully defended the total of 205 runs to secure a win by 24 runs.
