India second most successful team in Twenty20

By IANS

Melbourne : World champions India at present have the second-best winning percentage after Pakistan in Twenty20 International cricket, having won six of the nine matches they have played ahead of Friday’s one-off match against Australia here.


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While India’s winning percentage is 66.67, Pakistan have a 72.73 percent success rate, having won eight of their 11 matches so far.

Overall Twenty20 record:

Country Played Won Lost No Tied Winning %
Result
Australia 13 7 6 – – 53.85
Bangladesh 8 3 5 – – 37.50
England 11 3 8 – – 27.27
India 9 6 1 1 1 66.67
Kenya 4 – 4 – – 0.00
New Zealand 13 5 7 – 1 38.46
Pakistan 11 8 2 – 1 72.73
Scotland 2 – 1 1 – 0.00
South Africa 13 8 5 – – 61.54
Sri Lanka 8 5 3 – – 62.50
West Indies 7 2 4 – 1 28.57
Zimbabwe 3 1 2 – – 33.33

Biggest wins:

By 10 wickets Australia vs. Sri Lanka, Cape Town Sep 20, 2007
By 10 wickets South Africa vs. Pakistan, Johannesburg Feb 2, 2007

Highest totals:

260-6 Sri Lanka vs. Kenya, Johannesburg Sep 14, 2007
221-5 Australia vs. England, Sydney Jan 9, 2007
218-4 India vs. England, Durban Sep 19, 2007

INDIA IN TWENTY20:

* vs. South Africa, Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006
South Africa 126-9 wickets (20 overs) and India 127-4 wickets (19.5 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Dinesh Karthik

* vs. Scotland, Durban, Sep 13, 2007
No play (abandoned)

* vs Pakistan, Durban, Sep 14, 2007
India 141-9 (20)
Pakistan 141-7 (20)
Tied
Man of the Match: Mohammad Asif

* vs. New Zealand, Johannesburg, Sep 16, 2007
New Zealand 190 (20)
Ind.180-9 (20)
New Zealand won by 10 runs
Man of the Match: Daniel Vettori

* vs. England, Durban, Sep 19, 2007
India 218-4 (20)
England 200-6 (20)
India won by 18 runs
Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh

* vs. South Africa, Durban, Sep 20, 2007
India 153-5 (20)
South Africa 116-9 (20)
India won by 37 runs
Man of the Match: Rohit Sharma

* vs. Australia, Durban, Sep 22, 2007
India 188-5 (20)
Australia 173-7 (20)
India won by 15 runs
Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh

* vs. Pakistan, Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007
India 157-5 (20)
Pakistan 152 (19.3)
India won by 5 runs
Man of the Match: Irfan Pathan

* vs. Australia, Mumbai, Oct 20, 2007
Australia 166-5 (20)
India 167-3 (18.1)
India won by 7 wickets
Gautam Gambhir

Most consecutive wins:

* 5, between Sep 19 and Oct 20, 2007

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