India beat Australia in the second T20I – Virat Kohli’s Indian team breaks Pakistan’s great T20I record: Team India defeated Australia on Sunday in the second T20I of the series, thus extending their winning streak in T20I to 10 games, helping them break Pakistan’s great T20I record.
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In particular, a victory on Sunday not only helped India clinch the three-match series, but also extended their winning streak in T20I to 10 games, thus breaking the record of their rivals Pakistan, who won nine T20I games on the trot in 2018.
From July 2018 to November 2018, the green jerseys had defeated Zimbabwe and then Australia twice in a tri-series in Harare. They then won three times each against the Australians and the Black Caps in the United Arab Emirates.
However, the Men in Blue have now surpassed Pakistan’s record with victory in Sydney on Sunday, which was their 10th consecutive victory in the T20I at the trot.
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Interestingly, the India team has yet to lose a T20I in the last 12 months and their first win dates back to December 2019 against the West Indies in Mumbai. In 2020, the first T20I series India played was with Sri Lanka at home. The first game of the 3-match series was abandoned due to rain in Guwahati, while India won the other two games in Indore and Pune and sealed the series 2-0.
After that, on the New Zealand tour, India completed a 5-0 beating of the hosts with two of the matches won in a Super Over. Friday’s victory was the ninth in a row, while the second T20I victory on Sunday was the tenth in a row.
Overall, Afghanistan holds the record for the most consecutive T20I wins, having won 12 T20I on the trot from 2018 to 2019. They also rank second on the list with 11 consecutive T20I wins from 2016 to 2017.
However, if India beats Australia in the current T20I series, they will match Afghanistan’s record of 11 consecutive victories and also jump to second place in the ICC T20I standings.
