On Wednesday (27 February), Australia won the two-match T20I series against the host side India after winning the second and final T20I match at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bengaluru). With this victory, they won the series by 2-0.
Australia decided to field first after winning the toss. The host side India scored 190/4 (20 overs) at the end of the first innings. In reply, Australia successfully chased down that target in 19.4 overs after losing three wickets. Australia won this T20I by seven wickets.
Brief Scores: India – 190/4 in 20 overs (Virat Kohli 72*, KL Rahul 47; Jason Behrendorff 1/17)
Australia – 194/3 in 19.4 overs (Glenn Maxwell 113*, D’Arcy Short 40; Vijay Shankar 2/38)
Result – Australia won by seven wickets
Here are some of the statistical highlights of the match:
(1st innings)
Shikhar Dhawan
i) Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan played his 50th T20I match.
- Shikhar Dhawan becomes the sixth Indian cricketer to play 50 or more T20I matches. Other five Indian cricketers are MS Dhoni (98 T20Is), Rohit Sharma (94 T20Is), Suresh Raina (78 T20Is), Virat Kohli (67 T20Is) and Yuvraj Singh (58 T20Is).
ii) By the end of this match, Shikhar Dhawan has scored 451 T20I runs at home.
- He is the highest run-getter in home T20Is as a left-handed Indian batsman. Yuvraj Singh is in the next position with 437 runs.
Virat Kohli
i) Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored unbeaten 72 runs.
- It is the highest T20I individual score by an Indian captain against Australia. The previous record was 61* by Virat Kohli at Sydney on 25 November 2018.
ii) Virat Kohli played his 20th 50+ innings in T20I career.
- It is the joint most number of 50+ innings for a batsman in T20I career. Another Indian batsman Rohit Sharma has also played 20 times 50+ innings in his T20I career.
iii) By the end of this match, Virat Kohli has scored 2,263 T20I runs.
- Virat Kohli is the joint third most run-scorer in T20I history (Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik has also scored 2,263 T20I runs). The top two batsmen in this list are Rohit Sharma (India) with 2,331 T20I runs and Martin Guptill (New Zealand) with 2,272 T20I runs.
iv) By the end of this match, Virat Kohli has hit 223 fours in T20I career.
- In T20I history, Virat Kohli has hit joint most boundary fours. Former Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan also hit 223 fours in T20I career.
Virat Kohli-MS Dhoni partnership
i) Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni provided 100-run partnership for the fourth wicket.
- It was India’s second highest T20I partnership for the fourth-wicket. The record is the 107-run partnership between KL Rahul and MS Dhoni against West Indies at Lauderhill on 27 August 2016.
- It was India’s third highest T20I partnership for any wicket against Australia.
| Partners | Partnership runs | For the wicket | Venue | Date |
| Virat Kohli & Suresh Raina | 134 | 3rd | Adelaide | 26 January 2016 |
| Yuvraj Singh & MS Dhoni | 102* | 5th | Rajkot | 10 October 2013 |
| Virat Kohli & MS Dhoni | 100 | 4th | Bengaluru | 27 February 2019 |
India
i) India scored 190/4 in 20 overs.
- It is India’s highest first batting total against Australia in T20I history. The previous record was 188 runs (188/5 at Durban on 22 September 2007 and 188/3 at Adelaide on 26 January 2016).
- It was India’s third highest T20I total against Australia. The top two totals are 202/4 (19.4 overs) at Rajkot on 10 October 2013 and 200/3 (20 overs) at Sydney on 31 January 2016.
(2nd innings)
Glenn Maxwell
i) Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell hit his third T20I century. He completed this century on 50 balls.
- It was the second-fastest T20I century by a batsman against India. The record is completing the century in 48 balls by Evin Lewis (West Indies) at Lauderhill on 27 August 2016.
- It was the joint third-fastest T20I century by an Australian batsman.
| Player | Balls faced completing century | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| Aaron Finch | 47 | England | Southampton | 29 August 2013 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 49 | Sri Lanka | Pallekele | 6 September 2016 |
| Aaron Finch | 50 | Zimbabwe | Harare | 3 July 2018 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 50 | India | Bengaluru | 27 February 2018 |
- Glenn Maxwell is the third batsman to score more than two T20I centuries. While Rohit Sharma (India) has hit four T20I centuries, Colin Munro (New Zealand) has slammed three T20I centuries.
ii) Glenn Maxwell remained not out on 113 runs.
- It was the second highest T20I individual score by an Australian batsman against India. The record is 124* by Shane Watson at Sydney on 31 January 2016.
iii) Glenn Maxwell hit 61 T20I sixes outside the home soil.
- Glenn Maxwell has hit 61 sixes in T20Is outside the home soil, Which is now most by an Australian batsman in away T20Is. The previous record holder was Shane Watson with 60 sixes.
Yuzvendra Chahal
i) Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal had the bowling figures of 4-0-47-0.
- It was the second worst bowling figures by an Indian spinner against Australia. The record is 4-0-55-0 by Krunal Pandya at Brisbane on 21 November 2018.
Australia
i) Australia won their second consecutive match in this T20I series.
- It is the first time when Australia beat India in two consecutive T20I matches in a series/tournament.
- It is the second time when Australia beat India in their two consecutive T20I meetings. Earlier from 2008 to 2012, Australia won three consecutive T20Is against India.
ii) Australia won the series by 2-0.
- It is the first time when Australia won a T20I bilateral series against India where more than one match has been played in the series. In the same calculation, India has also won only one T20I bilateral series against Australia, and that was in 2015/16 (India won by 3-0 in the three-match series in Australia)