Records and Statistical Highlights from the 3rd T20I between India and Australia

Amlan Majumdar

ByAmlan Majumdar,SportsCafe Editor

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Records tumbled regularly and there were achievements galore as India and Australia squared off in the third and final T20I match at Sydney, Australia. Both sides put up an impressive display in a match which ended on the final delivery with Suresh Raina winning India the match with 2 runs needed off it.

The match saw Shane Watson playing a magnificent innings with an unbeaten 124* to his name and Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli continued their good form as they scored a half-century each.

Here are the most highlights from records that were broken and some interesting statistics from the 3rd T20I between India and Australia -

0 - Usman Khawaja caught behind for 14. First time he has been dismissed below 50 in nine innings.

2 - Number of players picked for all three T20 matches in the series Australia (Watson, Lynn) India had 11.

4.1 - India reached 50 runs in 4.1 overs which equaled their record for the quickest 50 in T20 Internationals.

16 - Number of T20I innings without a 50-plus score for Watson, before this innings. His last fifty was 70 versus Sri Lanka, Colombo (RPS), 2012.

24 - Runs conceded in Tait's over is the 3rd-expensive against India in T20Is. Stuart Broad's 36 (Durban, 2007) and Kleinveldt's 25 runs (Gros Islet, 2010) are the top two expensive overs.

28 – Number of full-tosses Indian bowlers bowled today out of the 120 deliveries to be bowled.

131 – Number of Runs that were scored in the first six overs by both sides in this match. This is the most in a T20I match in Australia. (Previous highest: 126 England versus Australia, also at SCG, 2006-07)

Shane Watson’s milestones and achievements in this match -

Shane Watson is the 1st ever Australian batsman to score centuries in all three formats. He is the 10th overall batsman to do so.Shane Watson’s 124* is the highest individual score in an Australia vs India T20I match. Shane Watson’s innings is the Highest score by captain on debut for international t20s.Shane Watson’s 124* is the highest score by a captain in T20Is. (Previous best was 119 by Faf du Plessis.)Shane Watson is only the 3rd ever captain to score a T20I century. The other being Faf du Plessis and Dilshan.Shane Watson (124*) - the highest score in T20s in Australia beating 117 by Luke Wright for Melb Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes in 2012.Shane Watson’s 124* is the 2nd Highest T20I individual score after Aaron Finch’s 156 versus England.

Indian Team and Players’ milestones/achievements -

1000 runs in T20Is for Rohit Sharma. He is 3rd Indian to achieve this feat.

ICC Rankings of team India

In Tests: #1

In ODIs: #2

In T20Is: #1

Virat Kohli became the first batsmen who scored more than two fifty-plus scores in a bilateral T20I series. Kohli became the first to achieve this with scores of 90*, 59* and 50 in this series.

This is the first time there has been a 3-0 win in Australia for India.

Here are the Twitter Reactions as India whitewashed Australia in Australia for the 1st time ever.

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