ICC World T20: How Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Team Has Dominated Aussies

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's India hold the advantage over Australia in Twenty20 Internationals ahead of ICC World T20 virtual knockout clash in Mohali.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Team India hold all the aces ahead of their virtual ICC World T20 quarterfinal clash against Australia in Mohali on Sunday.



The progress of both teams in the ICC World T20 have been identical. Both teams started off with a loss to New Zealand. Both registered scratchy wins against Bangladesh and both secured comfortable wins against Pakistan.

Heading into Sunday's decider, here are the numbers that define India's dominance over Australia in Twenty20 Internationals.

0 - Number of wins for Australia in Twenty20 Internationals against India in India. They have played two matches since 2007 and have failed to win both. They lost by seven wickets in 2007 in Mumbai and by six wickets in Rajkot in October 2013.

5 - India's winning streak in Twenty20 Internationals against Australia. This streak stretches back to October 2013 when India defeated Australia by six wickets. They defeated the Aussies by 73 runs in the 2014 World Twenty20 match in Dhaka and recently, India became the first nation to whitewash Australia 3-0 in a bilateral Twenty20 series.

8 - The number of wins India have registered against Australia in 12 matches. This is the most number of wins they have secured against any team in this format. They have six wins each against Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

124* - The only century scored in 12 contests between India and Australia. Shane Watson achieved this score in the Twenty20 International in Sydney in 2016.

20 - The most sixes hit by a batsman in contests between these two. Watson leads the pack with 20 from seven games, while Yuvraj Singh is second with 18 from nine games.

319 - The most number of runs scored by an individual batsman in contests between India and Australia, which is held by Virat Kohli. In the recent three-match series, he had scores of 90*, 59* and 50. He scored 199 runs at an average of 199.

4/11 - The best figures by a bowler in India-Australia matches and it is held by Ravichandran Ashwin. He achieved it in the 2014 World T20 match in Dhaka.

12 - The number of matches played between India and Australia. Only Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rohit Sharma have featured in all matches against Australia since the 2007 World Twenty20 in South Africa.(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed).