Records and Statistical Highlights from the 3rd T20I between India and Australia

The match saw Shane Watson playing a magnificent innings with an unbeaten 124* to his name and Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli continued their good form as they scored a half-century each.

Here are the most highlights from records that were broken and some interesting statistics from the 3^rd T20I between India and Australia -

0 - Usman Khawaja caught behind for 14. First time he has been dismissed below 50 in nine innings.

2 - Number of players picked for all three T20 matches in the series Australia (Watson, Lynn) India had 11.

4.1 - India reached 50 runs in 4.1 overs which equaled their record for the quickest 50 in T20 Internationals.

16 - Number of T20I innings without a 50-plus score for Watson, before this innings. His last fifty was 70 versus Sri Lanka, Colombo (RPS), 2012.

24 - Runs conceded in Tait's over is the 3rd-expensive against India in T20Is. Stuart Broad's 36 (Durban, 2007) and Kleinveldt's 25 runs (Gros Islet, 2010) are the top two expensive overs.

28 – Number of full-tosses Indian bowlers bowled today out of the 120 deliveries to be bowled.

131 – Number of Runs that were scored in the first six overs by both sides in this match. This is the most in a T20I match in Australia. (Previous highest: 126 England versus Australia, also at SCG, 2006-07)

Shane Watson’s milestones and achievements in this match -

Shane Watson is the 1^st ever Australian batsman to score centuries in all three formats. He is the 10th overall batsman to do so.Shane Watson’s 124* is the highest individual score in an Australia vs India T20I match. Shane Watson’s innings is the Highest score by captain on debut for international t20s.Shane Watson’s 124* is the highest score by a captain in T20Is. (Previous best was 119 by Faf du Plessis.)Shane Watson is only the 3^rd ever captain to score a T20I century. The other being Faf du Plessis and Dilshan.Shane Watson (124*) - the highest score in T20s in Australia beating 117 by Luke Wright for Melb Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes in 2012.Shane Watson’s 124* is the 2nd Highest T20I individual score after Aaron Finch’s 156 versus England.

Indian Team and Players’ milestones/achievements -

1000 runs in T20Is for Rohit Sharma. He is 3rd Indian to achieve this feat.

ICC Rankings of team India

In Tests: #1

In ODIs: #2

In T20Is: #1

Virat Kohli became the first batsmen who scored more than two fifty-plus scores in a bilateral T20I series. Kohli became the first to achieve this with scores of 90*, 59* and 50 in this series.

This is the first time there has been a 3-0 win in Australia for India.

Here are the Twitter Reactions as India whitewashed Australia in Australia for the 1st time ever.