India’s rising batter Ruturaj Gaikwad is on the cusp of breaking a significant T20I record of Virat Kohli and may succeed through the fifth and the ultimate match of the continuing five-game T20I sequence towards Australia. India will tackle Australia within the remaining T20I of the sequence, slated to be performed on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday, December 3.
Virat holds the record for scoring probably the most runs by an Indian participant in a bilateral T20I sequence. The former India skipper had aggregated 231 runs throughout a five-match T20I sequence towards England at house in 2021.
Gaikwad has already amassed 213 runs in 4 matches within the ongoing Australia sequence and requires simply 19 extra runs to go previous the Delhi-born batter and change into India’s all-time main run-getter in a bilateral T20I sequence.
While Virat holds the Indian record for scoring probably the most runs in a T20I bilateral sequence, KL Rahul occupies the second spot. Rahul had racked up 224 runs throughout 5 T20Is towards New Zealand throughout a bilateral contest in 2020.
Meanwhile, the Men in Blue have already claimed the sequence 3-1 and would look to finish it on a profitable observe with a victory in Bengaluru. The sequence win got here within the fourth T20I that was performed on the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur on Friday, December 1.
Aussie captain Matthew Wade’s choice of bowling first did not actually work because the Suryakumar Yadav-led facet received the competition by 20 runs. Rinku Singh as soon as once more displayed his power-hitting capability and scored 46 off 29 balls with the assistance of 4 fours and two maximums.
After the top of a fast opening burst that noticed the guests rating 40 in simply 3.1 overs, the 2021 T20 World Cup champions misplaced their grip on the sport and fell prey to Axar Patel’s stranglehold. Axar bagged figures of three/16 in his 4 overs to propel India over the road and received the Player of the Match award.
