IND vs AUS 2023: The India vs Australia T20I series is over with India winning the five-match T20I series 4-1. Preparing for the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup, this was the first T20I series for India and Australia and Australia is left with a lot to answer. India might have found some clarity as Indian players thrived in each and every section of the game. Here we are with the latest updated rankings of the Players with the Most Runs and Most Wickets After the IND vs AUS T20I Series 2023.
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For almost two months, the Australian cricket team has been in India. They suffered defeats in both the ODI and T20I series, but in between they triumphed in the ODI World Cup, adding yet another award to an already bulging trophy cabinet. Australia, the reigning ODI and Test champions, will now concentrate on their domestic campaign.
Just 96 hours after the ODI World Cup Final, the finalists were engaged in a T20I series where India came out victorious in the first game of the five-match T20I series. Australia posted a 200+ runs target and India chased it down with 2 wickets and one ball left.
India batted first in the second T20I and posted a mammoth total of 235 and won the match by over 40 runs. Another powerful batting show by India in the third T20I where India posted 222 runs in 20 overs but Australia chased down this target in the last ball. Then it was Raipur, where India sealed the series with a 20-odd runs victory on a comparatively slower wicket.
Australia won the flip of the coin and opted to bowl first in the last T20I. India got off to a flying start but also lost both openers within 33 runs in 4.3 overs. Skipper Surya Kumar Yadav and southpaw Rinku Singh also got out early and then Shreyas Iyer got his ground strong with Jitesh Sharma and Axar Patel. India posted a below-par 161-run target in front of Australia where were out to play for their pride.
Australia lost their first wicket too early and then lost the in-form Travis Head to 5 overs. Ben McDermott and Tim David combined for a 45-run partnership. It seemed they would make the series 3-2 but all it lasted as soon as Tim David fell for an arm ball by Axar Patel. Australia kept losing wickets and the run rate went down with the asking rate peaking high with each ball being bowled.
Mathew Wade was the last hope for Australia when Australia needed 10 off the last over but he failed to accomplish that and got caught in the third ball of the over. Arshdeep bowled an excellent final over and gave just 3 runs as a result, India won the match by 6 runs.
Down below are the latest updated rankings of the Players with the Most Runs and Most Wickets After the IND vs AUS 5th T20I 2023:
Most Runs: IND vs AUS T20I series 2023 – Player Rankings 1-5
Ruturaj Gaikwad is the highest run-getter of the IND vs AUS T20I series 2023 with 223 runs in 5 innings including the one in which he got out with facing a ball. He also got the highest individual runs in an innings when he smashed 123*(57).
Suryakumar Yadav is the Number 1 ICC ranked T20I player and ranked second in the most runs tally in this series. He has 144 runs under his belt in 5 innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal is the next on the list. With a strike rate of 168, Jaiswal accumulated 138 runs in 5 innings with one half-century.
Australian skipper Mathew Wade is the 4th ranked player in the most runs tally. Strangely, a number 5 or 6 player from a side is their highest run scorer and one of the main reasons why Australia lost the series 4-1.
Following him is his countryman Josh Inglis with 122 runs in 3 innings. He just played 3 matches and went back home as the management suggested.
| Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 5 | 5 | 223 | 123* | 55.75 | 159.28 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 |
| SuryaKumar Yadav | 5 | 5 | 144 | 80 | 28.80 | 160.00 | – | 1 | 14 | 8 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 5 | 5 | 138 | 53 | 27.60 | 168.29 | – | 1 | 19 | 7 |
| Mathew Wade | 5 | 4 | 128 | 42* | 128.00 | 166.23 | – | – | 10 | 7 |
| Josh Inglis | 3 | 3 | 122 | 110 | 40.66 | 203.33 | 1 | – | 13 | 8 |
Most Wickets: IND vs AUS T20I series 2023 – Player Rankings 1-5
Ravi Bishnoi emerged out to be the best bowler in the IND vs AUS T20I series 2023. He took 9 wickets in 5 innings averaging just above 18. He was a bit expensive but got crucial wickets at crucial times.
Jason Behrendorff clinched 6 wickets in 4 innings and is the most successful bowler for Australia. Axar Patel also picked up 6 wickets with an economy of 6.20 which is pretty decent.
| Player | Mat | Inns | Balls | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Ave | Econ |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 5 | 5 | 120 | 20.0 | 164 | 9 | 18.22 | 8.20 |
| Jason Behrendorff | 4 | 4 | 96 | 16.0 | 107 | 6 | 17.83 | 6.68 |
| Axar Patel | 5 | 5 | 120 | 20.0 | 124 | 6 | 20.66 | 6.20 |
| B Dwarshuis | 2 | 2 | 48 | 8.0 | 70 | 5 | 14.00 | 8.75 |
| Tanvir Sangha | 5 | 5 | 120 | 20.0 | 179 | 5 | 35.80 | 8.95 |
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