India vs Australia, 2nd T20I statistical preview: Jasprit Bumrah eyes milestone, Australia look to end 11-year drought

India’s triumphant tour Down Under meant that they had started the home series against Australia as favourites. Unfortunately, they were in for a rude shock in the first T20I, at Visakhapatnam. Australia won the match off the last ball to take an unassailable lead in the two-match series. The teams will now play the decider, at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Statistical preview

2 wickets needed by Jasprit Bumrah (51) to become India’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is. Bumrah will go past R Ashwin (52).

3 runs needed by Aaron Finch to become the 1st Australian and 2nd overall to score 400 T20I runs against two separate nations. Finch has 425 runs against England and 397 against India. The only one to achieve this “double” is Martin Guptill (463 against Pakistan, 424 against South Africa).

3 T20Is played by India at Chinnaswamy till date. They lost their first match (against Pakistan in 2012-13) but won the other two (against Bangladesh in the 2016 World T20 and against England in 2016-17). Australia won their only match here, also against Bangladesh in the 2016 World T20.

4 wickets needed by Yuzvendra Chahal (46) to become the 3rd Indian to take 50 T20I wickets, after Ashwin and Bumrah.

5 wickets needed by Bumrah (15) to go past Saeed Ajmal (20) to become the highest wicket-taker against Australia. Bumrah is also behind Mohammad Amir (16) and tied with Umar Gul (15).

5 T20Is played at Chinnaswamy till date. Today’s match will take the count to 6, at par with Mumbai (Wankhede) and Dehradun. Only Nagpur (11), Dharamsala (8), and Kolkata (7) have hosted more T20Is in India.

11 T20I wins for India against Australia (they have lost 6), their joint-most against any country. India have also won 11 T20Is against Sri Lanka. On the other hand, Australia have lost more T20Is (12) only against Pakistan.

19 T20Is between India and Australia till date and Rohit Sharma has played every single one of them. MS Dhoni has featured in 16 and Virat Kohli in 15. Of Australians, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell have played 12 each.

29 runs needed by Dhoni to go past Suresh Raina (1,605) and become the 3rd-highest T20I run-scorer for India. Only Rohit and Kohli have scored more.

49 T20Is for Shikhar Dhawan. He is set to become the 6th Indian to play 50 T20Is, after Dhoni (96), Rohit (93), Raina (78), Kohli (65), and Yuvraj Singh (58).

82 runs needed by Kohli (2,191) to become the 2nd-highest run-getter in T20I history. Guptill is on 2,272 runs and Shoaib Malik on 2,263. However, Rohit (2,331) is some distance away.

4044 days since Australia’s last bilateral T20I series win against India. Australia’s only series win was in a one-match contest, played on February 1, 2008. Of the 7 series, India have won 3 and 3 have been drawn.